Eye on Africa

In South Africa, the ANC (African National Congress) on Friday 2 April paid tribute to Winnie Mandela, the figure in the fight against apartheid. This festival icon, nicknamed "the mother of the nation" by South Africans, died three years ago at the age of 81. President Cyril Ramaphosa used this ceremony to call on the party to remain united, while the ANC is in the midst of a crisis.…

In Chad, tensions appear to be rising on Friday, April 2, more than a week before the first round of presidential elections. The home of opponent Saleh Kebzabo, who withdrew his candidacy against outgoing President Idriss Déby Itno, who was vying for a sixth term, was surrounded by police and security forces. as reported from…

Eight months after the official declaration of the end of the world's largest measles epidemic, which killed more than 7,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the situation is once again worrying. More than 13,000 cases have been registered since January 2020. Almost all provinces have reported new cases of measles. Since the beginning of the year, humanitarian actors have been vaccinated in…

In the Central African Republic, excision is a widely practiced but little known tradition. According to the latest studies, 21.6% of women between the ages of 15 and 49 have undergone some form of genital mutilation. Mutilation is practiced in all religions. Banda are the ethnic group where these methods are most prevalent (52.9%). Louise (her first name has changed) agreed to share her experience. .

Two terrorist attacks targeted the Malian army, in the middle of the country, and the UN mission in Mali (Minusma), in the far north. The latter was particularly violent. In the same region, the French army, for its part, carried out an attack on a camp of suspected jihadists on Thursday, April 1. From our special…

Of more than 2,000 articles published between the beginning of the pandemic and in September last year, only 4% were written by African researchers, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. An absence that risks weakening the response to the pandemic on the continent. If Africa has historically lagged…

Tout Puissant Mazembe dropped a little more, in Group B of the African Champions League, on April 2, 2021. The Congolese club lost 2-0 against the Algerian formation of Belouizdad. Previously, Al Hilal (Sudan) and Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) made it 0-0. All results from match day 5 in the group stage here. 2020-2021 CAF…

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted Somalia $970,000 additional interim assistance on lapse time basis under the enhanced Closely Indebted Deficient Countries (HIPC) initiative. This may increasingly cover Somalia’s debt service obligations for March 25, 2021 through to March 24, 2022. Interim assistance under the enhanced HIPC Initiative is debt relief granted on a country’s debt service falling due between the HIPC Decision and Completion Points. Once a country reaches the HIPC Completion Point, it will…

The President of the Somali Regional State Mustafa Muhumed Agjar spoke about the tripartite agreements between his autonomous region, Galmudug and Hir-Shabelle states. He pointed out that the plan against Al-Shabaab, “debris TPLF” Conflict & Community to limit Bilateral share Galmudug state residences regional states and wave-stride. “Any infighting can be addressed, but it will not be tolerated to take advantage of Al-Shabaab, TPLF remnants & clan clashes. Any land dispute must be resolved legally and no…

Security agencies in the country said they had raised their alertness as the country marked the sixth anniversary of the Garissa University terror attack. The move was aimed at defusing any plans by terror groups to attack Kenyans to also mark the day that saw 148 students killed in the dawn attack. Even though there was no specific threat pointing to a planned attack, the agencies said they were on alert to avert such plans. “The terrorists like to strike such moments so we are on highest across the country to…