Eye on Africa

Somalia: in the failure of Farmajo's foreign policy NAIROBI, Kenya - Building strong foreign ties with neighbors is one of the approaches that allows nations to survive for a long time or even expand cooperation and improve their socio-economic and geopolitical stability. Countries have good foreign policies for sustainability. A nation with sound foreign policies continues to thrive. However,…

An army vehicle jumped on an improvised explosive device this Saturday, June 12. Three soldiers were killed, according to Chief of the General Staff of the Armies, General Lassina Doumbia. It happened in Tehini, the night before Saturday to Sunday, in the area where an Ivorian soldier has already died earlier this week after a jihadist attack.…

In Niamey, attackers attacked the residence of Seini Oumarou, the president of the National Assembly, Friday night, June 11 until Saturday, June 12. Terrorist attack or crime by petty criminals in Niamey? Monopolizes the case. An investigation is underway. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaArmed men on motorcycles shot at…

Clashes pitted young Tunisians against police on Saturday, June 12, in the popular Sidi Hassine district. Earlier in the day, a demonstration against police violence took place in front of the Interior Ministry following the suspected death of a young person. "Who protects us from the police?", "Save a life - judge a…

Boost as Joe Biden sends troops to Kenya in Al-Shabaab war NAIROBI, Kenya - US troops will work closely with the Kenya Defense Forces in the fight against Somalia-based al-Shabaab militants, it emerged just six months after Washington withdrew troops from Somalia under unclear circumstances. Former President Donald Trump, by executive order, ordered the withdrawal of troops in what he called a…

EXCLUSIVE: Senior officials behind missing soldiers in Eritrea exposed NAIROBI, Kenya - When thousands of young Somalis gathered in Mogadishu in 2019, they were officially told they would be heading to Qatar for military training. Their destination would turn out to be wrong. But Qatar's role in the now controversial military training of Somali youth in Eritrea has remained. Days after a…

Robow kidnapped and KDF bombard Gedo over bad policy, says Hassan Sheikh MOGADISHU, Somalia - Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has once again attacked the administration of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, citing a series of problems which he says were triggered by bad decisions taken by the government. In a Twitter Space conversation hosted by Axadledubbed “Democratization and…

Somalia appoints team to investigate complaints about training of soldiers in Eritrea MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has bowed to pressure on the underground training of young soldiers in Eritrea, following protests from their parents and opposition figures, who accuse the government of withholding information on their progress. There are nearly 5,000 soldiers training in Eritrea, but the government has…

In Chad, the extraordinary congress of the patriotic rescue movement, the late President Idriss Déby Itno, convened yesterday, has appointed the President of the National Assembly, Haroun Kabadi, as the new Secretary General. A consensus and even an abbreviated congress. with our correspondent in Ndjamena, Madjiasra NakoMany…

This is a confirmation, another sign that relations between France and Rwanda are improving. While Paris no longer had an ambassador in Kigali, the Rwandan Council of Ministers validated the accreditation of the diplomat proposed by Paris: Antoine Anfré, a good connoisseur of the continent. A new representative of France in…