Eye on Africa

Generation Equality Forum (FGE) is a global gathering for gender equality held in Paris from June 30 to July 2. It was also available on the Big Island and opened on Thursday, June 17 through six themes: climate justice, technological innovation, sexual and reproductive health, or gender-based violence. as reported from…

The conflict has been going on since November in the province of Tigray. This northern region is still plagued by violence between the former TPLF power on the one hand, the federal army, Eritrean soldiers and Amhara's militiamen on the other. The conflict has killed thousands and caused significant damage. Several abuses have been documented, mainly carried out by the Ethiopian and Eritrean armies whose soldiers are now inspiring terror and anger among the Tigrays. Adi Gudem: Soldiers are everywhere on the streets of…

In Algeria, the Movement of the Society for Peace (MSP) on Wednesday welcomed its legislative result despite a record-breaking vote. With 64 seats won in the National People's Congress, this party ideologically comes close to the Muslim Brotherhood therefore in second place in the vote. On Wednesday, during a press conference,…

In Burkina Faso, about forty political parties of the majority and the opposition began a political dialogue this Thursday in Ouagadougou, which will last until Saturday. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniThis political dialogue was launched by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré while the country has suffered the…

The investigation into the atrocities committed in Tigray has barely been initiated by the African Commission on Human and Human Rights and has already been rejected by Addis Ababa. as reported from Nairobi, Sebastien nemethIn northern Ethiopia, Tigray has been in conflict since November between federal and regional powers. The…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Shabaab activists have stepped up their urge to change the status quo and hijack institutions in Somalia, targeting the school curriculum as one of their strategies to attract more supporters in a bid to overthrow the fragile backed Somali administration by the UN. The Arabic language has been one of the group's preferred languages ​​due to its affiliation with Al-Qaida, a Middle East-based terrorist group that, among other things, supports draconian Sharia law that both discriminates against women…

The Zambian government on Thursday announced the death at the age of 97 of the country's first president, Kenneth Kaunda, the father of the independence of the former British protectorate, which he led for 27 years. He was nicknamed "African Gandhi" for his non-violent activism. Kenneth Kaunda led the former northern Rhodesia to bloodless independence in 1964. He "died peacefully" at 2.30pm (12.30pm GMT) in hospital, said Secretary of State Simon Miti on Thursday. National mourning for 21 days has been declared. The…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya Defense Forces will have to operate with a $ 49 million deficit in the 2021/22 budget, it emerged, after the European Union slashed donor repayments to Kenya by 66%, ahead of AMISOM's exit from Somalia . AMISOM troops are expected to withdraw from the Horn of Africa nation upon full implementation of the Somali transition plan by the end of 2021. AMISOM has nearly 22,000 troops in Somalia, fully paid by the European Union, the UN, the United States among other partners. In a report tabled in…

Laurent Gbagbo's return to Côte d'Ivoire on Thursday, June 17, was negotiated step by step by the envoy of the former president and current head of state, Alassane Ouattara. Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné, a sociologist and researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), was in the special edition of RFI. He analyzes how these negotiations can enable a peaceful return for the whole country.…

After months of negotiations and years of absence for his supporters, the former president of Abidjan is expected on Thursday afternoon. Even longer waiting for his support in Mama, the former president's native village, but also in Gagnoa, the large city to the west, his region of origin. With our special correspondent for…