Eye on Africa

In Ivory Coast, it is a too-frequent “phenomenon” that arouses Abidjani's anger: building collapses due to poor craftsmanship. Ten days ago, a dozen people were killed in the collapse of a five-story building under construction in the Anono district of Cocody. Last Saturday, balconies in a three-story building fell without causing any casualties. Last year, eleven buildings in Abidjan collapsed. In Côte d'Ivoire, the rules for building permits are clear. The plans must be signed by an architect. For buildings with more…

All-round hearings of activists arrested on the sidelines of the "Sonko affair". Among them, Guy Marius Sagna, coordinator of the Frapp-France Degage movement, heard on Monday, March 22, about the merits of the examining magistrate. The activist, who was arrested on February 22, condemned a "conspiracy" against opponent Ousmane Sonko, who was accused of raping an employee in a massage parlor. The…

During a news conference Monday night, March 22, in Niamey, opponent Mahamane Ousmane challenged the presidential candidate's ruling from the Constitutional Court, which validated Mohamed Bazoum's victory. Mahamane Ousmane calls for a peaceful march across the territory, for the mobilization of the people and for the support of the constituted bodies and the armed forces.…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is asking the Malagasy government to join the Covax initiative, which provides free coronavirus vaccines. Madagascar has seen a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in several regions for several weeks, but despite this, President Rajoelina has continued to highlight your local remedy, CVO, an herbal…

Turkey is sending weapons to Somalia during a sensitive election period MOGADISHU, Somalia - Turkey has sent a shipment of weapons and armored vehicles to Somalia during a season of foreign interference in the country's internal political affairs. Sources familiar with the Defense Ministry told Axadlethat a Turkish cargo plane with weapons and military equipment intended to arm…

Tunisia has been propelled into space thanks to the Russian Soyuz launcher, the first satellite completely designed and manufactured on its land by Tunisian engineers. A strong symbolic success for the country, which is increasingly positioning itself as a technological crossroads between Europe and Africa. It is also a success for Telnet, the engineering team that developed Challenge One, the five-kilo…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Mogadishu talks on the release of elections are twisting on the brink of collapse after Somalia's political stakeholders disagreed with the process There has been no tangible progress on the key issues of the election due to the lack of commitment of outgoing President Farmajo to compromise the interests of the nation. On Monday morning, Farmajo and his allied regional heads of state in Galmudug, HirShabelle and Southwest met with Prime Minister Roble and the mayor of Mogadishu at Afisyoni for a…

Zimbabwe's anti-product police unit, set up in 2018, has recovered about 40 boxes of thousands of dollars worth of COVID-19 test packages stolen from a hospital in the country's second largest city, Bulawayo. The test, a donation from UNICEF, had been stored in a building opposite the central bank in the capital Harare, intended for the black market. It was one of the latest cases of pandemic-related transplantation that took place a year after the corona virus appeared in the country. Zimbabwe…

According to security sources, several groups of gunmen attacked three villages in the Tahoua region. The results are still preliminary. With our Special Correspondent in Niamey, Gaelle Laleix Information seeps in because the Tillia region, located near the Malian border, is a desert area, very isolated. The telecommunications networks that are more than fragmentary. Nevertheless, several sources at the scene explained that the attack took place in the afternoon. Several dozen men arrived on motorcycles. They…

The South African government turned away from this vaccine in early February following the findings of a small local study. She pointed out an ineffectiveness of moderate forms of the disease due to the South African variant. The government, which had spent almost seven million euros on acquiring these doses, did not want to waste them at any cost.…