Eye on Africa

Ethiopian Prime Minister arrives in Eritrea for a two-day visit The Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed arrives in Asmara in the afternoon today for a two-day working visit to the country. Upon arrival at Asmara International Airport, Dr. Abiy Ahmed received a warm welcome by President Isaiah Afwerki. The two leaders will discuss bilateral…

Gabon's team qualified for the next African Cup of Nations (CAN 2021) thanks to a 3-0 victory against DR Congo on March 25, 2021 in Franceville. A result that eliminates the Congolese. Leopards will not be able to catch up in the Group D position for the Gambians, who also beat Angola 1-0 on Thursday. Gambia plays its first CAN in Cameroon.…

Janan arrives in Mogadishu after his surrender to the Somali government MOGADISHU, Somalia - Former Jubaland security minister Abdirashid Janan arrived in Mogadishu on Thursday afternoon, a day after he surrendered to the government in the city of Gedo region in Beled-Hawo. The wanted minister was abroad, a private jet flew from Dolow on the Somalia-Kenya border along with Prime…

Mortar attacks are targeted at the UN, AU's headquarters in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least three civilians were killed and five wounded when a mortar blockade on UN and African Union peacekeeping missions (AMISOM) in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday said a police officer. Abdi Yusuf, a police officer in Mogadishu's Dharkinley district, told the Anadolu Agency by…

Salaam Somali Bank provides free microfinance to traders in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Somalia - Salaam Somali Bank branch in Madino, Mogadishu provided free microfinance to small business owners on Thursday as part of the 2021 offer. Qardu Hasan is part of Salaam Somali Bank's annual free microfinance fund with the aim of developing and effectively improving small businesses across the…

The Comoros football team qualified for the African Cup of Nations for the first time in its history on March 25, 2021. The Comoros won the points they needed by making it 0-0 against Togo, in Group G in the qualifiers for CAN 2021. The match between the Comoros and Togo does not go down in the annals of football, but it will…

In Senegal, local elections have been postponed again. This was registered in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday 25 March. The municipalities and departments should in principle be held before 28 March. This is the third launch and no new date has been set. as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idracIt was expected, so it's…

Authorities have arrested a man after he boarded an empty Mauritania Airlines plane that was on the tarmac at Nouakchott International Airport and threatened to set it on fire, the government agency reported on Thursday. There were no passengers on board at the time of the incident and it was not immediately clear how the man managed to break into airport security, according to an airport official who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to…

Madagascar loses a great artist and a radio pioneer. Wednesday morning in Antananarivo, Sammy Rabenirainy died in hospital as a result of Covid-19. He was 66 years old. Violinist, lyricist, he was one of the leading figures in the mythical group "Lôlô sy ny tariny". During the day, testimonies of sympathy flowed online. Big brother Sammy Rabenirainy is gone. And with that, a large part of DNA: ti Lôlô sew new tariny. This Tananarivian group, the forerunner of popular and protest texts, had emerged in the mid-1970s in the…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The UN humanitarian agency said on Wednesday attacks on aid workers providing humanitarian supplies in Somalia resulted in the deaths of 15 aid workers by 2020. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 12 workers were injured, 24 abducted and 14 arrested in 2020, with 56 incidents involving aid workers reported. "In a single tragic incident, seven health workers were abducted and subsequently murdered. Several cases of confiscation of humanitarian supplies,…