Eye on Africa

In view of the presidential election and the legislative election that will take place on November 22, MPS is leading a proximity campaign for Yacouba Isaac Zida in the absence of his candidate. In fact, the former transitional minister is living in exile in Canada. Announced several times in Ouagadougou, he has not yet returned to the country due to an arrest warrant for "abandonment in peacetime and…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The controversy surrounding the number of Somaliland's nomination committee members continues to escalate with Senate Spokesman Abdi Hashi, now calling for United Nations and African Union intervention, within the ultimate twist that might observe the implementation of the settlement earlier than the Somali elections. Somaliland's Nomination Committee workforce is able to maintain elections for the secessionist area with winners anticipated to affix the remainder of Somalia's Senate, though the…

For the first time in the Malagasy mining sector, Madagascar representatives of major mining and craft operations, who regularly opposed each other, sat around the same table. The aim: to discuss the way out of the crisis caused by the coronavirus, but also to oppose the reform of the mining law, whose new taxation could plague the already gloomy sector.…

CAIRO / AMMAN Syria's high diplomat and longtime international minister, Walid al-Moalem, a staunch defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad's bloody violence towards peaceable protesters that sparked a decade - previous battle, died Monday, the federal government mentioned. There have been no particulars on the reason for demise, however the 79-year-old had been ill for years with coronary heart issues. A supply near the Syrian authorities mentioned it was extensively anticipated that his deputy, veteran…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, tensions between Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) and Félix Tshisekedi's Cap for Change (Cach) are not diminishing. The current president of the republic's political family wants to put an end to the coalition. She claims that the conflicts with the political grouping of Joseph Kabila no longer allow the coalition government to work in peace and…

Because the navy coup on August 18, Mali has had a caretaker president and vice chairman, a chief minister and a caretaker authorities. The CNT is the final physique offered for within the transitional constitution, however its set up is sluggish and has given rise to controversy. Submission of purposes has been closed since…

On the run from a fratricidal war that has been going on since the beginning of November, more and more Ethiopians are taking refuge in neighboring Sudan. In less than a week, 25,000 refugees arrived in Sudan (SUNA bureau). They are currently stacking a few kilometers from the border, in the village of El Hashaga. The vast majority are Tigrayans. Some did not cross the border unscathed.…

In Burkina Faso, the last week of the campaign for the 13 presidential candidates. Large gatherings continue, as do local campaigns. While the outgoing President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was in Gaoua in the southwestern region, Kadré Desiré Ouedraogo was on his way to Bobo Dioulasso with stops in major cities, that Eddie Komboïgo from the Congress for Democracy and Progress was in the center-south,…

In Ghana, Jerry Rawling's death aroused popular sentiment. Less than a month after the presidential election, the two main political parties are vying for tributes to the former president. From our Accra correspondent,Since death of "JJ Rawlings"Went into Ghana a period of national mourning. The two main parties vying for the…

Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, the authorities try to diversify a nonetheless fragile financial system, which is principally because of the mining sector. To do that, they determined to create six particular financial zones. On November 4, Congolese Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba launched the nation's first pilot "particular financial zone" within the suburbs of the capital…