Eye on Africa

While we await the publication of the preliminary results of Sunday's presidential election in Burkina Faso, the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) has just announced that the announcement will take place on Thursday at 10 am (UT). From our special envoys to Ouagadougou,"We lacked almost nothing," a source told the…

In Chad, an explosion left several dead and wounded in the army ranks during the night Tuesday to Wednesday when soldiers sailed on Lake Chad. An explosion attributed by the authorities to the Islamists from Boko Haram. as reported from Ndjamena, Madjiasra NakoThe motorized canoe carrying the soldiers was circulating among the…

Continuation and finish of our sequence on Madagascar lychee. Yearly, 2 to three weekends earlier than Christmas, there's Malagasy lychee, harvested in mid-November, in cubicles of European futures. A distinct segment market the place Madagascar reigns supreme, with greater than 15,000 tonnes exported every year. Because the main producer within the southern hemisphere, it's the solely nation on the…

For the reason that introduction of a brand new mining code within the Democratic Republic of Congo, giant corporations have paid contributions to native communities to straight assist the areas through which they function. In a report printed in Lubumbashi ten days in the past, civil society NGOs point out that between July 2018 and December 2019, communities acquired greater than $ 114 million in…

West African shea exports are currently slower, but they broke their record highs last season. The use of this vegetable fat is increasing, especially in Europe. West Africa exported no less than 500,000 tonnes of shea between August 2019 and July 2020, the campaign's start and end dates. This has just been revealed by the…

Claude Le Roy, coach of Togo's nationwide soccer group, was this morning's morning visitor for RFI. Within the aftermath of the loss of life of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, who swept away on the age of 60 from coronary heart failure on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, he answered questions from Frédéric Rivière. .

Somalia Must Be taught to Stand Alone. In March 1977, Ethiopia and Somalia edged in path of wrestle over the realm of Ogaden, which each and every claimed.

The United States unilaterally blacklisted Libya's Kaniyat militia and its leaders on Wednesday after Russia last week prevented a UN Security Council committee from imposing sanctions on the group's human rights abuses. The US sanctions were introduced under the Global Magnitsky Act, which allows the US government to target human rights violators around the world by freezing assets and banning Americans from doing business with them. "Mohamed al-Kani and the Kaniyat militia have tortured and killed…

It is in principle this Wednesday that the consultations launched by President Félix Tshisekedi will end. He got political, religious and civil society figures to put an end to the differences with Joseph Kabila and within the FCC-Cach coalition. But after three weeks of discussions, several cases stand still. as reported from…

Prayers and tributes in Niamey, the capital of Nigeria, at the home of former President Mamadou Tandja, who died on Tuesday at the age of 82. In Niger, he had previously seduced part of the population with his measures against poverty. From our correspondent in Niamey, Moussa KakaNational radio has since broadcast Muslim…