Eye on Africa

With Senegal, Dougou Camara intends to tackle the Women's Handball CAN in Cameroon (8 to 18 June) with the ambition of going to the end and bringing down the unsinkable Angola. The former captain of the Lions, who missed the latest edition, is more than ever motivated to guide Senegal to his first title as African champion.…

In Chad, the opposition says it is disappointed with the decision of the heads of state of the Central African Economic Community (ECCAS) to adapt to the choice of the African Union to support the June military that has taken power since April 20, after Idriss Deby Itno was killed. The ECCAS decision was taken on Friday, 4 June,…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the reform of the Electoral Commission voted on Friday, June 4, by the National Assembly to try to ensure transparency in the next election, provoked the anger of Martin Fayulos and his ally Adolphe Muzito. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaThe text had already been discussed…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A top defense force in Kenya the commander on Friday visited several forward bases in Somalia among Mogadishu's claims that Kenyan troops have targeted civilians in the Gedo region of Jubaland. Sector II Commander Brigadier Jeff Nyagah, who is also the contingent commander of the Kenyan troops serving in Somalia during AMISOM, visited the Kenyan Armed Forces deployed in various advancing bases in Somalia. Brigadier Nyagah visited troops based in Kolbiyow, Ras Kamboni, Kuday, Abdale Birole, New…

At least 100 civilians were killed in an overnight terrorist attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the government said on Saturday. It was the deadliest attack in Burkina Faso since terrorist violence broke out in the country in 2015. The attackers struck overnight on Friday, killing residents of the village of Solhan in Yagha province, which borders Niger. They also burned homes and the market, the government said in a statement. The government described the attackers as terrorists but no…

The Joint UN-African Union-ECCAS-EU Delegation to the Central African Republic met with President Touadéra, political, religious and civil society actors to discuss the peace process, two years after the Khartoum Treaty and five months after the coalition's rebel offensive. of patriots for change in the capital. The UN Deputy Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is RFI's…

According to security sources, at least 100 people were killed in the night of June 4-5 in an attack on the village of Solhan, located in the Sahel region, north of Burkina Faso. The attackers also burned down houses and markets. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniIt was around two o'clock when armed people entered the…

On June 5, 1981, the first identified cases of AIDS occurred in the United States. Two years later, in 1983, South Africa also discovered the first two cases on its land. Today, it is the country with the most HIV-positive people in the world, with 7.5 million cases. One third of these people with AIDS do not take antiretroviral treatment, which is free and available to everyone in South Africa. Main…

ADDIS ABEBA - The Ethiopian Federal Government has identified a number of Ethiopian national defense forces top soldiers directly linked to ongoing crimes against humanity in the Tigray region, following pressure from members of the international community. For the past eight months, ENDF soldiers, along with those from Eritrea and the Amhara regional forces, have been camping in the Tigray region, where they have unleashed the Tigray People's Liberation Front. . However, reports show that the troops have also killed…

In Burkina Faso, the "Go Paga" project (in front of women) was officially launched on Friday, June 4, in Ouagadougou, a project to support women whose husbands died in combat, in the fight against terrorism. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniFollowing a pilot phase during which about ten women benefited from training and…