Eye on Africa

"We applaud the Libyan people for their determination to restore unity in their country," the foreign ministers of France, Germany, the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom said in a joint statement on Thursday. And they reiterated their call to "withdraw all foreign warriors and mercenaries from all over Libya." "This result is a fundamental step towards the unification of Libyan institutions and a comprehensive political solution to a crisis that has tested Libya and its people," the joint…

An entire country mourns its prime minister, Hamed Bakayoko, who died at the age of 56. In the kiosks, tribute continues and grows.Just one number that takes measurements of grief and sorrow in Ivory Coast: the number eleven. It is the sides, nothing less, that the daily L'Intelligent d'Abidjan dedicates to Hamed Bakayoko this morning, who has a total of twelve!As pointed out in an independent newspaper Inter, Ivorians are "in shock". Close to power, the daily…

United States to send envoy to Horn of Africa WASHINGTON - The United States is in the process of deploying an envoy to the Horn of Africa, a region that has struggled with instability in recent years after a series of political differences and economic challenges that have threatened to plunge many countries into chaos. For example, Ethiopia faces a life challenge in the Tigray…

In Mali, after several postponements, the trial against Amadou Aya Sanogo and his co-defendant resumed yesterday Thursday in Bamako. The author of the 2012 coup and his co-defendants are accused of the murder of 21 "red berets", a body of the army that has been loyal to ousted President Amadou Toumani Touré. The judges announced adjournment of the trial, the decision of which is expected on March 15.…

It is a day of mourning this Friday in Senegal at the urging of the opposition collective M2D, the movement for the defense of democracy, in memory of the victims of last week's clashes between police and protesters, which left at least five dead. It all started with the arrest of opponent Ousmane Sonko, accused of the alleged rape of a young Senegalese woman. Aljoner Tine heads the West African think tank Africajom Center. He's one of the people President Macky Sall has heard in recent days. Online from Dakar he gives…

Faced with the easing of the population in terms of barrier movements and the resurgence of the epidemic throughout the territory, especially in the center and north of the country, the National Gendarmerie has just announced the resumption of old regulations decided by the Ministries of Interior and health. It is clear, social distance, sanctions for not wearing a mask and above all the obligation to bury the dead from Covid or suspected of having died by Covid at their place of death. A hard blow to the Malagasy people,…

While Congo-Brazzaville is fighting for the presidential election on March 21, the authorities have promised to settle all arrears due to the 45,000 pensioners registered with the National Social Security Fund (CNSS). They are currently collecting arrears for 2020 and are asking that sixteen quarters accumulated in previous years also be paid.…

Alexandre Ibacka Dzabana, coordinator of the Congolese platform for human rights and democracy NGOs, a member of the M22 movement and the Turn the Page coalition, was arrested on Thursday morning. He is suspected of trying to destabilize the state and institutions ten days before the next presidential election. Alexandre Ibacka…

The front doors to the Grand Marché of Niamey have reopened since this week. An event because it had been more than two years since they were closed due to work on the highway. While the Covid-19 pandemic and the violence in the post-election crisis have hit the capital's economic lung hard, traders are hoping to reopen their doors.…

Justice and Law Enforcement is looking for Kalev Mutond, the former head of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR), who has been hit by a dozen complaints from former detainees. Kalev Mutond was not home on Thursday, March 11, when police looted his home in Ngaliema municipality. The former strongman during the presidency of Joseph Kabila had not respected the first two summons sent to him by the…