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Regional reporting and analysis from across Africa, covering diplomacy, security, politics, business, and major developments shaping the continent.

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Eye on Africa

Regional reporting and analysis from across Africa, covering diplomacy, security, politics, business, and major developments shaping the continent.

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the government takes stock of the siege

During a few weeks of a besieged state, the regular army recorded many victories over the armed groups at the base of the insecurity in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu. The Kinshasa government confirmed this on Wednesday during a press conference in the capital. On the same platform three spokespersons. Patrick Muyaya, Minister of Communications, General Léon-Richard Kasonga from the Army and Colonel Mwanamputu from the National Police. The three spokespersons reported on the operations carried out by the DRC's…

a lawyer was released on bail on appeal

The Yaoundé Military Court yesterday, Wednesday, June 9, decided to release Nicodemus Tanyi Amungwa on bail, as required by the Cameroon Bar and several non-governmental human rights groups, including REDHAC and Human Rights Watch. This lawyer defends especially English-speaking separatist activists, including their leaders,…

Somalia: Farmajo accused of “selling” soldiers to fight TPLF

Somalia: Farmajo accused of "selling" soldiers to fight TPLF in Tigray MOGADISHU, Somalia - Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has again come under pressure on a number of young people who are said to be training in Eritrea, following reports that they have participated in the Tigray war which has left thousands dead in the north. from Ethiopia. A report filed by the UN…

personalities require a review of

In Chad, some 20 high-ranking officials, including former ministers and international officials, are calling for dialogue with all of Chad's sons for a comprehensive peace. The call aims to organize sincere democratic elections to achieve lasting peace and calls on those powers to be objective. with our correspondent in…

Clan pays $ 108,000 in compensation for death of activists in Somalia

Clan pays $ 108,000 in compensation for death of activists in Somalia KUNYO-BARROW, Somalia - Over the past decade, al-Shabaab has wreaked havoc in central and southern Somalia, where it is undoubtedly in control, despite a concerted military effort to flush them out, but the group has often crafted strategies for expanding territories. One of the main factors that make Al-Shabaab still relevant…

some in the opposition decide not to do so

In Algeria, 24 million voters are called for early elections on Saturday, June 12. They must elect the 407 deputies who will make up the future National People's Congress for five years. The main part of the vote will be the turnout, following a presidential election and a referendum on the revision of the constitution, marked by a strong abstention. Saturday's vote is rejected by Hirak's supporters…

“Nafi’s father”, when dreams change

How do I spot the warning signs before a society collapses and the jihadists give law and terror? Senegalese director Mamadou Dia did not wait for the deadliest attack that Burkina Faso has known since the beginning of jihadist violence in 2015 to talk about the subject. How can a family, a city, an entire society fall into the trap of jihadism? "The Father of Nafi", a first masterful film, was…

Africa innovating at the NewImages Festival in Paris

It's an innovative festival that opened its doors on Wednesday 9 June in the heart of Paris: until Sunday 13 June, creators from all over the world will be present in virtual reality or augmented reality. And this year, in collaboration with the "Africa 2020" season for the Institut français, the Forum des images honors African creators.…

Burkinabe’s chairman Kaboré urges

No one, except ourselves, the Africans together, will save us in the fight against terrorism. That is why we must come together, we must work together to ensure that the victory we must win over terrorism is also a collective victory in our sub-region. Because today is Burkina, yesterday it was Niger, Mali , Ivory Coast ... Roch Marc Christian Kaboré .