Eye on Africa

In connection with the extraordinary summit of the SADC troika, the community in southern African states, seven heads of state will meet on Friday in the capital Botswana. The Democratic Republic of Congo will be widely discussed in the light of the political crisis between the new and former Heads of State. as reported from…

After 70 years of political life, including 56 at the helm of the Umma party, former Prime Minister Sadeq al-Mahdi died on Thursday of Covid-19. According to several officials in his training, it will be difficult to find a replacement. His disappearance, Thursday in Sudanleave a large void. It has been several years since…

The two main candidates in the presidential election in Ghana clashed again this Thursday, November 26, through meetings on the issue of free high school education. This flagship action by President Nana Akufo-Addo has enabled more than 430,000 students to return to school. Rival Maisson John Dramani Mahama also claims paternity.…

Following the issue of uncertainty, national reconciliation took a strong place in the election campaign, which ended with a vote that gave President Kaboré a second term, according to preliminary figures from CENI. A reconciliation with its shadow differences in the case of Blaise Compaoré. "The issue of national…

Benin is preparing for the April 11 presidential election. Patrice Talon, who organized team elections without the opposition in 2019, this time promises an "inclusive vote" open to his opponents and promises to do everything to carry it out. But the opposition remains suspicious. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc…

Following the appointment of many soldiers as head of the regions, the appointments of Marcelin Guenguere, Chief of Staff, and Sékou Allaye Bolly, Project Leader, within the Ministry of National Reconciliation are controversial. A "monumental error". For this Malian association that has been running intermediaries for several…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the lines are moving for the pygmies, who may soon benefit from positive discrimination. On Thursday, November 26, the National Assembly reviewed a bill on the protection and recognition of indigenous peoples' rights, the first in this country. But this step did not make everyone happy. as…

Madagascar does not want to participate in the Covax Facility, the global initiative for access to antiquated vaccines, once their registration and approval has been completed. The government spokesman confirmed this this evening, November 26, to RFI. This initiative is open to all countries in the world. A special provision allows 92 developing countries, including Madagascar, to have access to…

Albert Yuma was unanimously re-elected by the Congolese leaders for three years as head of the Federation of Congo Enterprises (FEC) during the General Assembly of the country's most important employers' organization, this Thursday 26 November in Kinshasa. The 65-year-old Congolese businessman has been head of the FEC since 2005. He is one of the public figures who crystallizes the tensions between the…

The last demonstration so far in the call of the Guinean opposition on Wednesday, November 25, was mobilized very little. The UFDG, the party of Cellou Dalein Diallo, a failed presidential candidate on October 18, continues to condemn "a choice". Authorities believe that this failure proves the breathlessness of the protests, a month after the re-election, for a third term, of President Alpha Condé.…