Eye on Africa

In Libya, the release, on Wednesday 31 March, was welcomed by more than a hundred prisoners held since the beginning of Marshal Khalifa Haftar's abortive offensive to take the capital in 2019, locally and by the UN. It was on the initiative of a local dialogue group that these prisoners of war were released on Wednesday, March 31. All dressed in white in traditional Libyan clothes. They were greeted by the "family" ululations. The ceremony, which took place in the town of Zawiya, 70 km from Tripoli, in western Libya, was…

On Wednesday, March 31, a group of UN experts condemned the "serious violations of human rights" committed by Russian paramilitaries who are said to be fighting alongside government forces that have been the target of a new uprising since December. The UN expert group on mercenaries condemns the authorities' increased use of private security companies in Bangui, which has been the target of a new uprising since December. But the spokesman for the Central African government, Ange Maxime Kazagui, refutes the use of private…

French Defense Minister Florence Parly ended a two-day visit to Mali on Thursday. She met with the Malian authorities, especially the president of the transition, Ba N'Daw. A UN report says 19 civilians were killed in French strikes in early January in the Malian village of Bounti. But for Paris, it is really terrorists who have been targeted.…

In its annual report, the US State Department makes a devastating assessment of the past year: arbitrary arrests, poor conditions in prisons ... The US State Department confirms in this report published this week the dysfunctions that several human beings have pointed out in recent months. rights organizations. In 2020, many…

Mohamed Bazoum's investment comes in a tense context, while his choice is still being questioned by the opposition, that an attempted coup failed overnight Tuesday to Wednesday and that the country has experienced these fifteen deadliest terrorist attacks in recent years. It is this Friday in Niamey that the new democratically…

The migration routes that leave Africa lead either to other countries on the continent or to Europe, or - and it is less well known - to the United States. Congolese, Ugandans, Malays, Sierra Leoneans ... Many Africans arrive in Latin America and try to reach North America. Under the Trump administration, those who succeeded…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Young Somali soldiers who have been training in neighboring Eritrea are beginning to return in the coming weeks, it has emerged, weeks after their families raised concerns, and some claimed they had been taken to Ethiopia to fight in the Tigray War . The Eritrean troops have assisted the Ethiopian national defense forces in the Tigray region, where they faced the Tigray People's Liberation Front in a war that has been condemned by members of the international community. Last week, Eritrea agreed…

On Wednesday, March 31, the head of the Congolese mining company Gécamines launched a new subsidiary called the General Company of Cobalt. ECG aims to establish the state monopoly on the purchase, processing, conversion, sale and export of artisanal cobalt, which corresponds to 20% of the total cobalt mined in the country. Democratic Republic of Congo is the leader in the sector with 67% of world…

French Defense Minister Florence Parly visited Mali on Thursday and defended an air strike by France in the African country earlier this year that UN investigators say killed 19 civilians attending a wedding party. The Chief of Defense's visit, which had been planned for a long time but was not made public for security reasons, came two days after the UN mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, released a report on the air strike on 3 January. The report said the strike affected a wedding celebration for…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in London last Tuesday for medical reasons caused controversy in his country. The main opposition leaders and the medical world see it as a direct result of the government's failure to fix a failing health system. On social networks, many voices are raised to condemn the former general, who…