Eye on Africa

An armed group has kidnapped almost 400 male college students from a boarding faculty in northern Nigeria, native media reported on Saturday. The assault on the highschool happened within the morning within the city of Kankara within the northwestern province of Katsina alongside the Niger border. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the assault in his house nation, saying safety forces had found the armed group hiding within the forest and an operation had been launched. Katsina State Police…

During his stay, the delegation met with senior representatives of the former head of state François Bozizé, whose candidacy was rejected. Discussions with François Louncény Fall, one of the members of this delegation, focused on security issues. as reported from Bangui, Charlotte cosset Closing visit of the Joint Delegation of…

The civil warfare between the Ethiopian authorities and the Tigray forces has despatched 25,000 terrified and ravenous Ethiopian refugees fleeing to Sudan, amid issues over an rising humanitarian disaster. Among the many hundreds of individuals fleeing the five-week-old battle in Ethiopia's Tigray area are dozens of males, ladies and youngsters from Eritrea, one of many world's most authoritarian states. They already lived as refugees in Tigray, which had lengthy been a secure haven for them throughout…

On Saturday evening, December 12, a big concert was held in Abidjan to celebrate the thirty years of zouglou, Ivorian popular music called "philosophical" and "political", a statement music that was also put in the spotlight. , once is not customary, in the silent universe of the Palais des congrès. as reported from Abidjan,…

In Gabon, following the overview and compensation of the home debt, the nation now desires to enhance governance within the mining and oil sector. Libreville has determined to rejoin the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a world benchmark for selling good governance of oil, fuel and mining assets. Downside, Gabon was suspended from the EITI seven years in the past. To reintroduce…

General François Lecointre returned on Saturday from a two-day inspection visit to Niger and Mali, his seventh visit to the Barkhane Force's Operational Theater. In Hombori, in the Malian Gourma Desert, the Chief of Defense went to meet French soldiers and their partners from the Malian Armed Forces. .

On Thursday, December 10, america introduced that it acknowledged Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, in trade for normalizing relations between Rabat and Jerusalem. The announcement of a normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel is inflicting individuals to crawl, even within the Shereefian Empire. .

Once is not common, in Kenya, parliamentarians have to return money to the state. Yesterday, the High Court of Justice asked the 416 elected representatives to reimburse ten million dollars. This amount corresponds to a housing allowance that they have received for more than two years. A financial support that they had voted in their own favor and caused a stir in the country. Each parliamentarian will have one year to repay more than $ 24,000. A significant sum given the Kenyan standard of living, but much more…

A march, known as a "parade march", was violently spread on Saturday 12 December by the police in Ndjamena. The opposition party had called on its activists to whistle morning and evening as they walked in pairs on the capital's streets to explain the vision of their formation. as reported from Ndjamena, Madjiasra NakoEarly…

Twenty-eight councils of lawyers will be sent out from Monday, December 14, throughout the Kayes region to raise awareness and inform the population about slavery by descent. An initiative from the Emifo project, a comprehensive action program against slavery and forced migration in Kayes that organized the training. Fofana…