Eye on Africa

Since the abolition of government subsidies (in September) on imports, the price of petrol is partly indexed to the market price. A small revolution in Nigeria, the largest raw material producer on the African continent with very little refining capacity. Even if legislative measures remain and petrol remains cheap in the country, adaptation is still difficult for consumers and players in the sector.…

In the Central African Republic, President Touadera inaugurated the buildings and, in particular, the courtroom of the Special Criminal Court on Friday 13 November. This hybrid court consisting of Central African and foreign magistrates must try serious crimes committed since 2003 according to recommendations from Bangui Forum 2015. CPS came into operation in October 2018. Ten cases have already been the…

On Friday, November 13, the Polisario Entrance introduced the top of the ceasefire that ended nearly thirty years in the past, in 1991. An announcement made after a Moroccan navy operation within the buffer zone in Guerguerat to unlock a street to Mauritania. The UN and nations bordering Morocco have since responded. The…

The chief of a jihadist group and fourteen different fighters stood trial on Friday, November 13, for operations carried out within the southern a part of the nation on the border with Ivorian and Burkinabè. Souleymane Keita, arrested in 2016, and two different defendants current on the listening to have been sentenced to loss of life, whereas the opposite twelve, absent on the listening to, have been…

In Côte d'Ivoire, according to La Lettre du Continent, President Alassane Ouattara has just signed the delivery of a diplomatic passport to Laurent Gbagbo. According to our colleagues, this would pave the way for his return to the country. Laurent Gbagbo's entourage says he is not aware of such a decision. But there is a scenario of handing over a passport to Laurent Gbagbo within the authorities.…

Confronted with a nasty Namibian group, Mali fought to win the three factors on the third day of qualifying 2021. A penalty from El-Bilal Touré gave the victory to the Eagles (1-0). Till the top and this Namibian shot licking the small web from the Malian goalkeeper, the Eagles may have suffered to retain their small benefit.…

Morocco largely beat the Central African Republic this Friday, November 13 in Casablanca (4-1 whereas Tunisia settled for a slender victory towards Tanzania (1-0). The 2 North African groups take the lead for his or her group. Achraf Hakimi, smiling, struck the hand of coach Vahid Halilhodzic shortly after opening the scoring in…

After flying over the primary half-hour sport with 4 objectives, Nigeria had been made all the way in which collectively towards Sierra Leone and struck an unbelievable draw (4-4) on their garden. Sierra Leone has the efficiency on this third day of the CAN 2021 qualifier. It is only a draw, however 4-4, received by Sierra…

Pneumonia kills about 143,000 children under the age of five each year in Nigeria, the government said on Thursday, with the coronavirus pandemic preventing access to life-saving treatment. Medical oxygen together with antibiotics can help reduce the number of deaths - but the pandemic has seen increased demand, according to the United Nations International Fund for Children (UNICEF), which makes the shortage even more pronounced. Olorunnimbe Mamora, the state health minister in Africa's most populous…

The Moroccan army stated on Friday that it had launched an operation in a UN-patrolled border zone within the disputed Western Sahara to clear a key street that they stated was blocked for weeks by supporters of the Algerian-backed Polisario Entrance. Moroccan forces arrange an in a single day safety cordon within the Guerguerat buffer zone on Western Sahara's southern border with Mauritania, "to safe the move of products and other people by this axis," the Normal Workers of the Moroccan Royal Armed…