Eye on Africa

Voters went to the polls on Sunday in Burkina Faso for presidential and legislative elections which have been dispersed by ongoing terrorist violence within the locked-in West African nation. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has promised to safe the nation and can compete for an additional 5 years in opposition to 12 different candidates. Kabore is anticipated to win however the opposition hopes to separate the vote and deprive him of the 51% assist wanted for a direct victory within the first…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The continued army motion within the Tigray area of Ethiopia may considerably have an effect on the scenario in Somalia, a rustic that has been in political turmoil for almost 4 many years, a prime safety researcher has stated, only a month earlier than Mogadishu goes to the polls. Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Forces is on a appeal offensive towards the Tigray Folks's Liberation Entrance , a political equipment that had been in energy for many years after allegations that the regional forces…

According to several specialized websites, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has appointed one of its leaders as its head to replace Abdelmalek Droukdel, who was killed in June last year, during a French military operation in northern Mali. The new leader is named Abou Oubéïda Youssef. He is an influential member of AQIM. Our Bamakoa correspondent watched the video announcing the appointment of…

An entire continent had celebrated one of his son's victories during the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2009. The first volume of his memoir as head of state, "A Promised Land (Fayard), however, confirms the anecdotal nature of Africa, in its universe as in its experience. From the beginning of his long history, more than 800 pages,…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The pre-election disaster in Somalia Somalia appears to be removed from over after Senate President Abdi Hashi appointed a parallel group to the nomination committee following a dispute over the unique members appointed by Villa Somalia with out consensus. Somaliland normally elects members to Somalia's parliament even supposing the area, which claimed to have withdrawn from Somalia in 1991, had a practical authorities that's thought-about probably the most steady within the Horn of Africa area.…

The Ethiopian military plans to encompass the rebel-based capital of the Tigray area with tanks and may use artillery on town to attempt to finish a virtually three-week struggle, a army spokesman stated on Sunday, urging civilians to avoid wasting themselves. The Tigray Folks's Liberation Entrance (TPLF), which refuses to surrender its rule within the northern area, stated its forces dug ditches and stood agency. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's federal troops have captured various cities throughout…

Anger is escalating in Kenya after the deaths of two famous doctors this weekend. They gave in to Covid-19 when the country faces a second deadly wave. More than 2,000 health workers have contracted the virus since the pandemic began. Dozens died of it. Their union is threatening to strike if nothing is done to protect them.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The convention convened by Somalia's opposition leaders enters its second day in Mogadishu on Sunday with the present settlement earlier than the election to be mentioned once more, even because the federal authorities of Somalia insists that the election proceed as deliberate. For months, opposition teams have been at odds with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whom they accuse of predetermining the result of putting in the Nationwide Intelligence Safety Company dismissals within the…

The head of the crushing room at the Central Bank of Congo in Lubumbashia was arrested on Friday, November 20, for embezzling public funds. But according to NGO Justicia Asbl, a dozen other agents should be investigated for theft in 2019 of bags of used Congolese banknotes that are normally intended to be perforated and then crushed.…

Former Central African President François Bozizéa called a press conference on Saturday after a quarrel broke out between parts of his close guard and presidential guards during the funeral of the wife of Jean-Serge Bokassa, who died on November 10, 2020. as reported from Bangui,It is in a definite tone that François Bozizés is…