Eye on Africa

In Ethiopia, fighting continues on Saturday in the province of Tigray, 700 kilometers north of the capital Addis Ababa. The federal army has launched an offensive there since Wednesday to regain control of the province, which is trying to secede. Parliament officially abolished the Tigray authorities on Saturday morning. as…

From West Africa to the USA, it is therefore a matter of choice and tensions this week  Although many Ivorian citizens, above all, strive to return to normalcy and say that they are tired of the power struggles between political leaders, the resentment created by this empty choice of its significance will remain for many years, perhaps still real reconciliation and institutional consolidation. What stands out on Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea is not the personal future of political leaders at the end of their careers. What is…

In Madagascar, twenty-five years after the fire that destroyed part of Rova, the enclosure of the Queen's Palace in the capital Antananarivo, President of the Republic Andry Rajoelina on Friday, November 6, was inaugurated with great pomp, in front of a Parterre of prestigious guests, the previously restored Queen's Palace. The day before, Madagascar had recovered the crown from the last Malagasy queen…

Why instead of serving to build the future of nations, alliances between parties and politicians, in our Africa, they are so often formed to destroy opponents who were allies yesterday and will be again tomorrow, to serve to destroy others opponents, old friends themselves? "In Côte d'Ivoire, all politicians are jokers! ...So…

NAIROBI, Somalia - The US navy has as soon as once more admitted civilian casualties in Somalia, a rustic that has been torn aside for many years, additional demonstrating the flexibility to stay clear in its operations throughout the Horn of Africa, finished with the assistance of Somalia's nationwide military. . The U.S. Africa Command, which leads all troops working inside Africa, launched the quarterly report only one month earlier than the tip of the 12 months. The Civil Safety Evaluation as a part of…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The newly elected members of the Hirshabelle Parliament had at one time labored carefully with the spy company Nationwide Intelligence Safety Company , it's established in one of the dramatic developments in Somalia's divisive inside politics A number of sources advised to Axadlethat the brand new MPs at one level labored with the company, which is actually in control of safety within the nation. The company has beforehand been accused of concentrating on giant bigvigs by monitoring their…

Djibouti is deporting over ten Ethiopian troopers allied to the insurgent Tigrayian Defence Forces.

Africa will have to wait a little longer before it knows whether Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be the next director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The organization responsible for managing trade relations around the world has actually postponed the meeting on Monday, November 9, where members had to choose between the Nigerian candidate and the South Korean Yoo Myung-hee. The position of the United States in contrast to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala complicates everything. The WTO is an institution in crisis,…

On this small working class city, financial and social life revolves round oil actions. The Covid-19 pandemic, which has brought on a staggering drop within the worth of a barrel of oil, has closed a number of oil analysis corporations. Tons of of jobs misplaced. Unemployment is in full swing and distress has received the inhabitants. Report within the streets of Port-Gentil. .

The situation is rapidly deteriorating in the Tigray province of northern Ethiopia. Government troops launched an offensive on Wednesday, November 4, to regain control of the secessionist province. Since then, all communications have been cut in the north. Difficult to assess the extent of the fighting. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is officially talking about a war against the Tigraian authorities. On…