Eye on Africa

Tanzanian police announced on Tuesday that 45 people had died during a storm in Dar es Salaam on March 21 when mourners praised the last president John Magufuli. "There were a lot of people who wanted to enter the arena, and some were not patient. They tried to force themselves in and it resulted in a storm. Forty-five died in the accident," Dar es Salaam regional police chief Lazaro Mambosasa told Agence France-Presse ( AFP). Five of the dead were from the same family, Mambosasa said. A woman and…

The Faustin-Archange Touadéra will be invested on Tuesday, March 30, for a new five-year term at the helm of the Central African Republic. An investment that the authorities want "worthy and sober", according to the government spokesman, while the country is still in the grip of the conflict started in December and the largest opposition coalition has not recognized the validation of the head of state.…

The information came to the headlines in the Ivorian press this Tuesday morning, March 30: "FACI, the armed forces on the Ivory Coast, are routing the attackers," Fraternité Matin exclaims."What happened in Kafolo and Kolobougou," says L'Intelligent. L'Intelligent, which takes up the army's statement that "during the night from Sunday to Monday, two FACI positions were hit by armed attacks. The first occurred in Kafolo and…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The United States has promised to take the threats posed by Al-Shabaab seriously, adding that the security of its troops and allied forces in East Africa remains its top priority in line with its security arrangements. The US Africa Command and the French troops based in Djibouti have been threatened by Al-Shabaab militants who issued a stern warning through its leader Ahmed Omar alias Abu Ubaydah over the weekend. A spokesman, Colonel Christopher Karns, told VOA Somali that the US Africa Command is…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - As part of efforts to harmonize some of the proposals for the election model, Somalia's stakeholders are expected to meet on Tuesday for a meeting that is expected to even out most of the differences. Several sources tell Axadlethat there have been consultations on the status of outgoing presidential participation, whose term expired on February 8, and whether to include other interested parties who have not been invited. For Farmajo, the organizers are confused about whether to let him in as the…

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday, March 29, for almost a week of attacks on Palma, a port city in northern Mozambique on the border with Tanzania. The capture of Palma further aggravates the humanitarian situation in the region, as thousands of people, locals and international workers, have been forced to flee. According to the few testimonies that emerge, Palma is now a ghost town. Mozambican security forces have launched an offensive to regain control of the town. taken by the men of the…

Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal cargo ships that had been stuck in the Suez Canal for almost a week before being released when questions swirled about the ground that had shaken the global shipping industry and blocked one of the world's most important waterways. The Ever Given was anchored in Great Bitter Lake, a wide stretch of water halfway between the north and south ends of the canal, after rescue teams finally managed to release the skyscraper on Monday afternoon. The ship, stuck sideways in a narrow…

The arrival of the new unified commander has not yet changed the security situation in Libya. In both the East and the West, human rights abuses, abductions and arbitrary detentions continue. In recent times, the largest city in eastern Libya has been the scene of an unprecedented series of murders and kidnappings. The new CEO seems powerless in the face of the uncertainty that prevails throughout the country. Since March 18, when a dozen bodies full of bullets strewn across the streets of Benghazi, atrocities have…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, while arms continue to speak on the high and medium-sized plateaus of Fizi, Uvira and Mwenga in the province of South Kivu, a dialogue began on Monday, March 29, in Kinshasa between the conflict communities, Babembe, Babuyi, Bafuliru, Banyamulenge, Banyindu, Barundi and Bavira. This work, which was hosted by the head of President Felix Tshisekedi's civilian house, is led by the central government in collaboration with NGO Interpeace, which specializes in conflict resolution. Several…

A senior Comorian official is worried about a sexual assault case. The former ambassador to the Comoros in Paris and chief of staff of several foreign ministers was fired from his post as diplomatic adviser on Monday, March 29, after being heard by the gendarmerie for sexually abusing a trainee at the ministry. The case caused an uproar in the archipelago where sexual harassment is extremely taboo, especially in the public sector. Abdallah Mirghane went free Monday morning to the Gendarmerie Research Brigade to be heard…