Eye on Africa

Denis Sassou-Nguesso, outgoing president of Congo-Brazzaville, a candidate for his own row in the March 21 presidential election, held his last meeting in the Congolese capital, as did his two biggest contenders, former ministers who became opponents, Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas and Mathias Dzon. as reported from Brazzaville,…

Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, who died on March 10 in Germany, was buried in the family's privacy on Friday, March 19, in his town of Séguéla (North) at the end of a week of national mourning. Many of them took the trip From our special correspondent in Séguéla, Sidy YansanéThe courtyard of the Great Mosque of Séguéla…

Samia Suluhu Hassan has been officially president of Tanzania since Friday, March 19, succeeding John Magufuli, who died of heart disease, according to authorities. She was sworn in at the Presidential Palace in Dar es Salaam. To the total leaders, military leaders and religious dignitaries, including former President Jakaya…

US President Joe Biden sent an envoy to Ethiopia to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Despite Ethiopian denials, the United States does not relax the pressure and is very offensive to Addis Ababa because of the crimes committed in Tigray. Since a few weeks, Washington is intensifying initiatives and statements aimed at…

Calm has returned to Senegal, but the crisis born of the March 3 arrest of opponent Ousmane Sonko has not yet been resolved. The tax is heavy: 10 dead according to a government source, 13 according to the opposition. One of the phenomena that marked the spirits these days with unprecedented demonstrations and riots is #FreeSenegal, a channel that allowed young people to express their anger, a real…

The conduct of free, fair and credible national elections in Libya requires a favorable political and security environment in which all stakeholders commit themselves in advance to respect and follow the results and voters are allowed to exercise their democratic rights in a safe manner without threat or interference. The International Monitoring Committee on Libya stated on Thursday. The group, co-chair of Algeria, Germany, the Arab League and the UN mission in Libya, held a meeting on Thursday to…

I want to bring everyone back to serenity. We have met all these groups, we have given the conditions to participate in the government, we have received the proposals ... Then, of course, it is time for these exchanges to be able to reach this government, not just inclusively, and when we talk about, that inclusivity means we are talking about geopolitics, we are talking about the participation of all political forces. But we also mentioned other criteria. That was to say that we wanted to see…

In Mali, the press mourns the night of journalist Adam Thiam that night. Collaborating with several media outlets, he had recently taken up the post of Director of Communications for the Presidency of the Republic. as reported from Bamako, Serge Daniel"Sad news", "One of the most beautiful feathers in Mali" ... There are many…

My dear compatriots, I would like to present the roadmap for the Republican dialogue and announce that national consultations will be opened within the next few days. This Republican dialogue, which I will be sincere, inclusive and constructive, will allow - I sincerely hope - to mobilize all segments of Central African society around an agenda for consultation on peace and security, political stability and institutional, national reconciliation, ownership and good management of our natural…

Disappeared eight months after his predecessor Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the Ivorian prime minister, was buried on Friday 19 March in Séguéla. It is in his hometown in the northwest Ivory Coast that Hamed Bakayoko's remains after Friday prayers in the mosque will be buried."Goodbye Hambak!" Morning fraternity, government newspaper on the front page, which in an archive photo, Hamed Bakayoko, hands joined, walks on the red carpet…