Eye on Africa

In Kinshasa before the High Military Court, the trial against the Yumbi massacres opened in December 2018 yesterday, Tuesday 25 May. As soon as the first hearing began, the civilian parties and the defense lawyers requested the postponement. What the court approved. with our correspondent in Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda…

Since Monday night, the president and prime minister of the transition have been held by soldiers at Kati base, a few kilometers from Bamako. On Tuesday, Colonel Assimi Goïta, Vice President of the Transition and leader of the junta who led the coup in August 2020, released them from their powers. A situation that worries several civil society organizations, as well as the largest trade union center in…

48 hours after his inauguration, the Beninian president announced the list of his new government on Tuesday night. It's a slight change, Patrice Talon differs from her spokesman Alain Orounla and has promoted some faithful. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc AploganThe very devoted spokesman for the minister leaves the…

On Tuesday in Abuja, during the summit of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched a wide-ranging appeal for support for the Transitional Military Council in Chad. as reported from Abuja, Mois GomisFor the first time in its history, the Lake Chad Basin Commission dedicated a summit on the…

May 26, the date of the new head of state's traditional investment, exacerbates political tensions as a new president should have taken office. But the head of state, Azali Assoumani, in office since 2016, was able to fight for his own legacy and was re-elected in 2019, following a constitutional amendment, in 2018. The national police were deployed in and around the capital.…

In The Hague, the second day of the hearing in the confirmation of allegations of Ali Abd-Al-Rhaman. This Janjaweed leader is suspected of 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, which are alleged to have been committed between August 2003 and at least April 2004 in Darfur. On Tuesday morning, the legal representatives of the victims spoke. Then it was the defense that was expressed.…

A conviction and acquittal for two men accused of organizing Doudou Faye's trip. This young teenager, who dreamed of becoming a football player, died at sea in October last year during an illegal attempt to go to Spain. A case that aroused strong feelings in the country. And on Tuesday, therefore, the Mbour court sentenced a man who was considered a smuggler.…

The ruling party has always been an ally of the Palestinian cause, in its fight against Israel, described as an apartheid regime. In May 2018, South Africa withdrew its ambassador from Tel Aviv and demoted the embassy to a simple contact office. Within the ANC's leadership, some activists are demanding to move on and break diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv. They were almost 200 gathered in front of the…

Like the rest of the world, the South African economy has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The country most affected by Covid-19 on the continent was already struggling to renew its economic model even before the pandemic. The health crisis has therefore stopped the recovery work. A fatal blow? President Cyril Ramaphosa still hopes to rectify the situation, especially thanks to a recovery…

Almost 200 guests are in Lomé as of this Wednesday to discuss the new currency, the eco, which was decided on December 21, 2019 in Abidjan by the French and Ivorian presidents, Emmanuel Macron and Alassane Ouattara. as reported from Lomé, Peter Sassou DogbéIt is expected that this currency will eventually replace the CFA franc…