Eye on Africa

Lubumbashi has been hosting since yesterday Wednesday, the 4th edition of the INDABA Mining Forum which brings together mining and civil society actors from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Zimbabwe. At the heart of the debates, the management of mining royalties due to local communities. According to civil society, the management of these funds intended for societal development…

Should we negotiate with jihadist groups? This is the issue that is most debated, three days before the presidential election in Burkina Faso. Since Monday, at RFI, you have heard several candidates proposing to explore the path of dialogue with the armed groups that are lush in northern and eastern Burkina Faso. This morning, here is Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's position. The outgoing president also expresses the hypothesis of a second round. Online from Ouagadougou, the presidential candidate answers questions from…

Ceni is working hard to organize Sunday's by-elections, the presidential election and the legislative election. For Ceni, it is a real logistical challenge, especially for parts of the country that are in the red zone. With our special correspondent in Ouagadougou, Carine FrenkCéni has made Sports Palace its nerve center for…

South Sudan, independent since 2011, is struggling to recover from a six-year civil war that officially ended in February. In 2016, the government had launched a conference on national dialogue to stop the spiral of violence. The trial ended a few days ago, but the violence remains. "We must question ourselves in order for the…

After failing to fulfill $ 42.5 million attributable to its Western collectors in October, Zambia acknowledges that it has critical money flows, however says it's not in chapter. Lusaka explains that they intentionally selected to not substitute any donor. "All collectors needs to be handled pretty," mentioned Zambia's central…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants searched Kenya's protection power on Monday bases in war-torn Somalia in one more try and destabilize concrete measures to this point put in place to revive peace and stability inside the Horn of Africa, which has been in turmoil for many years. The nation final held a legit election in 1969, after which a army coup happened, additional inflicting chaos for therefore a few years. Nonetheless, for the reason that abolition of army ruler Siad Barre in 1991,…

While the conflict in Tigray has begun its third week, the province is still cut off from the world and the scarce information comes mainly from press releases from the warriors. But for the first time, independent information was released on Tuesday, November 17, when the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was able to visit hospitals in Gondar and Mekelle, in need of everything. NGO…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - An improvised explosive gadget hit an African Union mission to the Somalia convoy on Tuesday, confirmed a number of witnesses within the newest incident focusing on the international troops who've been within the Horn of Africa for thus a few years and who're important of making stability. The AU troops traveled inside the Karan district of the capital Mogadishu and are believed to have been on regular patrols. Mission troops have been controlling most elements of the nation since their…

MOGADISHU, Somalia Ethiopian peacekeepers in Somalia have disarmed between 200 and 300 of their ethnic Tigraian counterparts over the previous week because the battle rages within the northern Ethiopian area, 4 safety and diplomatic sources advised Reuters. The troopers' weapons had been eliminated as a consequence of considerations about their loyalty, the sources stated with out specifying the method. They stated they included bilateral and African Union troops. The Ethiopian authorities, a navy spokesman and…

In Côte d'Ivoire, a sign of the still tense political climate, the government extended the ordinance banning demonstrations on public roads until 30 November. If the meeting on November 11 between Alassane Ouattara and Henri Konan Bedié made it possible to lower tensions slightly, nothing has been resolved. Many opposition leaders are still being detained and their parties in particular are demanding…