Eye on Africa

The Tunisian president visited Libya on Wednesday, March 17, the first visit by a head of state to the new heads of government of national unity. The menu for the meeting was plentiful: the fate of the jihadist families, the position vis-à-vis Israel and economic cooperation. as reported from Tunis Mathieu GaltierThe visit was…

These are 100,000 doses from China in a specially chartered charter with a team of medical experts on board. President Azali accompanied by members of the government came in person to receive this donation. The Chinese Ambassador to the Comoros recalled the need for available and affordable vaccines for all, including developing countries. The vaccination campaign will start in the coming days.…

While northern Tigray is under the control of the Eritrean army, the western part of the region is dominated by special forces and Amhara militias, named after the large nearby province. According to some Amhara officials, Tigray could be officially redistributed in the coming weeks. The western part of the region could therefore come under the Amhara fold.…

In Chad, one of the rising stars of Chadian politics Succès Masra, president of the Transformers Party and one of the most virulent critics of President Idriss Déby, has been on the defensive since his surprise meeting with the head of state. A good portion of his followers even accuse him of treason. Yesterday, Masra success…

A few tens of thousands of soldiers, police and gendarmes went to the polls yesterday, Wednesday 17 March in Congo-Brazzaville. They voted in advance and will be broadcast from Thursday, March 18, in the centers they will secure during the general vote on March 21, according to authorities. The opposition and civil society did not appreciate this early vote, a first experience attempted by the country.…

In Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), hundreds of residents of the attached municipality on the outskirts of the city condemn the mining activities of the mining company Katanga Somika. In 2005, the same company had already been accused by several NGOs of contaminating the water table in Kimilolo, where a station from the drinking water distribution company is installed.…

On Monday evening, March 15, 58 villagers returning from a massacre were shot by gunmen in Niger. On Wednesday, the head of state, Mahamadou Issoufou, chaired an extraordinary Security Council. The increase of military personnel in Tillabéry and the dispatch of a high-level ministerial mission on the ground have been decided. Emotions run high in the streets of the capital Niamey.…

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died at the age of 61 of a heart disease, his vice president said in a speech on state television on Wednesday after days of uncertainty about his health and where he was. "It is with great regret that I inform you that today, 17 March 2021, at 6 pm, we lost our brave leader, the President of the Republic of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli," said Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan. She said Magufuli had died of a "heart disease", which he had suffered for a decade,…

Continuation of our series of interviews dedicated to presidential candidates in Congo-Brazzaville, taking place on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Seven candidates are underway and RFI gives them the floor. Tonight we welcome the youngest of them, Dave Mafoula, who at 39 years old is a candidate for the Sovereignty Party. What is his strategy and what will he prioritize? He answers Florence Morice's questions…

Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday said in a letter to the port and maritime transport administration that his forces do not oppose the docking of Turkish-flagged commercial ships in the port of eastern Benghazi province, which his militias control. "We have no objection to entering our ports with Turkish-flagged commercial vessels following the stated legal procedures and legislation," Libya Al-Hadath, a pro-Haftar television station, quoted him in the letter. Libya has been torn apart by…