Eye on Africa

Listening for the first time to an album by Wasis Diop, poems of speech and sound, is to experience. As with Leonard Cohen, Kate Bush or Joni Mitchell, the feeling of entering a temple. A feeling so rare that each new record represents an event. He has done six in almost thirty years: Hyenor 1992, No Sant ("Your name?") 1994, Toxu ("Moving") 1997, Juddu Bek ("Joy of living") 2007 and Séquences 2014 The latter, a compilation of his many film music, presents his international hit, Everything is Never Quite Enough,…

UNSC puts more pressure on Farmajo over illegal time extension MOGADISHU, Somalia - United Nations Security Council has continued to put pressure on outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo over the recently approved period extension, a move that rhymes with general opinion from members of the opposition. Two weeks ago, Farmajo irregularly extended his term of office through the…

FESOJ conducts virtual training in safety procedures for the prevention of Covid-19 MOGADISHU, Somalia - Twenty-five Somali journalists from different regions of Mogadishu and other regional federal member states have participated in 2-day online training held on 17-18 April 2021 on respect for the safety procedures for the prevention of Covid-19. The Federation of Somali Journalists…

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Tuesday praised the future role of the African Union in establishing an "electoral process" in his country, after requesting mediation in Kinshasa by the president of the AU, Congolese Félix Tshisekedi. as reported from Nairobi, Sebastien nemethMohamed Abdullahi Farmajo called on…

In Ndjamena, a lead-up atmosphere reigned on Wednesday, April 21, the day after the announcement of Idriss Deby Itno, the president since 1990. The city is deserted and residents are torn between grief and anxiety. With our correspondents in Ndjamena, Aurélie Bazzara and Madjiasra NakoThe capital woke up on Wednesday at the dawn…

One of the most dangerous jobs in this world is working as a firefighter. For Ali Mohamud Wehliye, this is the job he has been living for more than 11 years. "I was involved in 503 firefighting accidents," Wehliye said. Prior to the current job, Wehiliye worked as a mechanic. “I first started training as a mechanic in 2001,” Wehliye explains. He notes that his training as a mechanic made it easy for him to switch to his current job as a firefighter. The risky job combined with the prevailing security situation in…

Saleh Kebzabo was minister during Idriss Deby's presidency in the late 1990s, before becoming one of his main opponents for the past two decades. He had chosen to boycott the presidential election on April 11, which he described as an "election finding". He is a guest at RFI. .

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda will meet again and for ten days before the International Court of Justice. In 2005, the UN Court of Justice had already declared Uganda guilty of interference in the Eastern DRC, occupied by the Ugandan army between 1998 and 2003. Kinshasa and Kampala should have agreed on the amount…

It was in Senegal where she had been in exile for 38 years that Germaine Ahidjo died. She died at the age of 89 and was buried in Yoff Cemetery in Dakar with her husband Ahmadou Ahidjo, the first president of independent Cameroon, who died in 1989. as reported from Dakar, Thea OllivierThe current Cameroonian president Paul Biya…

Financially, Idriss Déby will not go into the history of his country as a great builder, nor a development architect. His country is at the bottom of the world rankings for development. The oil rent that started in 2003 has hardly helped the population. 187 out of 189 countries, this is Chad's position in the UN ranking for…