Eye on Africa

After a career in satirical journalism, the Senegalese Pape Samba Kane returned to his first literary and artistic love. With two collections of poems and a novel published over a decade, the 60-year-old has established himself as one of the greatest voices in African literature. "I am the fruit of you / Of your laughter that makes me eat / You guava my nostalgia /…

This Saturday, November 28, Mauritania celebrates the anniversary of its independence. Sixty years later, how does the younger technology view the nation? By way of entrepreneurship or music, illustration with younger individuals who need to have their say. .

As daily marks the sixtieth anniversary of African independence, RFI brings again the musical environment of the time. On 28 November 1960, Mauritania left the French Neighborhood. On the radio, a track glorifies this historic second: Yaa Mauritani mbareck listighlal ("Could God bless Mauritania's independence" in French).…

On 28 November 2020, Mauritania will celebrate 60 years of independence. The anniversary of an ambitious project, so much so that it was to build in 1960 to make the young state exist. Sixty years later, a long road has been traveled, but some projects remain unfinished, such as unity and social cohesion. A file that emerged during the latest presidential campaign and for which some votes call on the head of state, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani,…

The Worldwide Financial Fund has simply accomplished a two-week mission in Algeria. For 2020, the IMF forecasts for Algeria a recession of 5.2% and a funds deficit among the many highest within the area. The intention was due to this fact to "focus on views and priorities for Algeria". The Worldwide Financial Fund carries out…

Ethiopia's Tigray Folks's Liberation Entrance (TPLF) has as soon as once more fired at the very least 4 rockets into Eritrea, media reported on Friday. The rocket fired by TPLF forces landed close to residential areas in Eritrea's capital Asmara, in addition to cities together with Dekemehari, Gemehalo and Nefasit, the Eritrean Press stated in a report. "A rocket got here from Tigray that seems to have landed south of Asmara," a diplomat instructed the Agence France-Presse (AFP), noting that there was…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Greater than 8 individuals died Friday night time outdoors the busy Gelato Devino restaurant close to the well-known KM-4 junction alongside Mogadishu Airport highway, police mentioned, elevating additional doubts about Somalia's safety forces' potential to deliver order and well being to the nation, which has been preventing violent extremism for over a decade. A suicide bomber went to the restaurant, which can be synonymous with the sale of ice cream and different uncooked supplies, earlier…

Appearing Secretary of Protection Christopher Miller made an unannounced go to to Somalia Friday, the first by an American safety secretary and the ultimate stop in a 4 nation swing on his first journey abroad since being put in as part of President Donald Trump's post-election purge of prime Pentagon officers.

A minimum of seven individuals have been killed and a number of other others injured in a suicide bombing at a busy restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia on Friday evening, a police officer stated. The assault happened close to Mogadishu airport in a preferred restaurant usually visited by authorities and safety authorities. Mogadishu police officer Abdifatah Hassan instructed Anadolu Company (AA) that at the very least seven individuals have been killed within the assault. In line with medical sources, at…

However, in a deep economic crisis, Angola needs new money to revive its economic machine. The authorities have therefore decided to privatize the diamond and oil sectors, two flagships in its economy. Privatizations should take place by the end of 2021, according to Finance Minister Vera Daves Da Souza, who made it clear she…