Eye on Africa

As Ivorians prepare to vote to elect their president this Saturday, Oct. 31, religious leaders are renewing their call for unity while artists sing in favor of tolerance. The country is still plagued by election violence in 2010. And hopes that this election will take place in peace. The Alliance of Religions for Peace, which…

On Saturday, October 31, the campaign for the presidential and legislative elections begins on November 22. 13 candidates including the outgoing president and one woman will win the election. This campaign is held in a tense security context. The country has registered nearly one million internally displaced people after attacks attributed to jihadists. Several parts of certain regions are in…

The Joint Mission of the Secretary-Common of the United Nations for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the Commissioner for Peace and Safety of the African Union (AU), Ambassador Smail Chergui and the President of the Fee of the Central African Financial Neighborhood (ECCAS), Ambassador Gilberto da Piedade Veríssimo Friday, October thirtieth. They met the President of the Republic, non secular…

One of many massive unknowns within the first spherical of the Ivorian presidential election would be the turnout, and particularly that of ladies who historically vote lower than males. Solely 48% of Ivorian girls of voting age are additionally registered to vote. .

The Tanzanian Electoral Commission declared John Magufuli, a candidate for another five-year term, the winner of Friday night's presidential election. But the opposition accuses the authorities of massive fraud. Several observers have also harshly criticized these oppressive choices. The new president of Zanzibar, Hussein Ali Mwinyi, on the podium, said he was ready to work for reconciliation with the opposition. With 76% of the vote, a president of the semi-autonomous region with such a high score had never been elected,…

Since the entry of the Malian army into Farabougou, this locality in central Mali under a jihadist blockade, an insecure calm has prevailed. But this Friday morning, this tacit pact of non-aggression between the military and the jihadists was broken. About twenty villagers, perhaps 24 according to several elected officials from…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Two high-ranking Somali authorities officers have been accused of illegally occupying a home belonging to orphans within the capital, Mogadishu, an enormous blow to President Farmajo's efforts to reform the nation's authorized system Horn of Africa. Based on the household, the brand new Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Catastrophe Administration of Somalia's Federal Authorities Khadija Mohamed Diriye and the second Deputy, Speaker of Parliament, Mahad Abdala Awad, have seized the…

The interview, given by Laurent Gbagbo to TV5 Monde, marks the former president's return to the Ivorian political scene. Gbagbo, who is currently still in Brussels due to a lack of passports, is calling for negotiations to ease tensions in the country, while asserting his opposition to the opposition. A political positioning that for some analysts has religious resonances and allows it to assert its…

In Guinea, 10 of the 11 unsuccessful candidates for the presidential election on 18 October gathered in a collective to challenge the official results proclaimed by Ceni, which gave outgoing President Alpha Condé the winner in the first round. as reported from Conakry, Carol ValadeAt the headquarters of PACT, the party of…

Turkey will proceed to assist the UN-led political course of working to make sure lasting peace and stability in Libya, Overseas Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated on Friday after assembly with the UN Particular Envoy to the capital, Ankara. We are going to all the time stand by the pleasant and fraternal folks of Libya, the highest diplomat wrote on Twitter. Stephanie Turco Williams, the UN Secretary - Common's Deputy Particular Consultant on Political Affairs for the UN Help Mission in Libya, visited…