Eye on Africa

Laurent Gbagbo returns to Ivory Coast on June 17, according to his party. Laurent Gbagbo, acquitted by the ICC on March 31, has lived in Brussels for two years. His return after a ten-year absence is especially waiting for his followers. For several days, a debate has raged in Abidjan about what form it should take: discreet as the authorities and the RHDP, the ruling party want, or popular and…

The Libyan National Reconciliation Commission opened its founding forum on Monday in the capital Tripoli with the participation of representatives from the UN and the European Union in the hope of paving the way for general elections at the end of the year. The forum was attended by Libya's senior officials, including both Vice-Presidents of the Presidency, Musa al-Koni and Abdullah al-Lafi; Minister of Justice Halima Ibrahim and Minister of Expulsion Ahmed Abu Khuzam - according to a written statement…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The presidential candidate union has submitted the names of at least 20 individuals accused of being state agents in the election committee, whom they accuse of planning to rig upcoming elections in the Horn of Africa. Somalia's political leaders signed a negotiating pact a week ago and elections are expected to take place within the next sixty days. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was instructed to ensure that the exercise is free, fair and transparent. But even before the events begin, the…

Firearms fired at a car carrying a Ugandan government minister on Tuesday, injuring the former army commander and killing his daughter and driver, an army spokesman and local media reported. Four motorcyclists opened fire on a vehicle with General Katumba Wamala, Minister of Labor and Transport, in the Kampala suburb of Kiasasi, the local television station NBS reported. Pictures circulating on social media showed Wamala with his mouth open, in obvious distress next to the car and his light pants…

"The Secretary-General of the Ivorian Popular Front, Assoa Adou, lifted the veil on the day he returned to Abidjan for former President Laurent Gbagbo. Infodrome. It was yesterday during the anniversary ceremony for the former president's 76th birthday, a ceremony organized by the women of Offpi, the FPI's women's organization, in the triangle space in the city of Cocody. To believe that, Assoa Adou, the founder of FPI, will…

Somalia: Efforts high before Somaliland's election results HARGEISA, Somalia - Somaliland's main political parties are eagerly awaiting the outcome of Monday's election, which was closely monitored by a host of stakeholders, including observers, mainly from Africa, with few or no government representatives around the world. North Western of SomaliaElection Commissioner Abdirashid Mohamud Ali…

Djibouti extradits TPLF fighters to Ethiopia for trial DJIBOUTI - Djibouti has reportedly handed over a number of Tigray People's Liberation Front is fighting for Ethiopia, state media Fana reports, in what could further trigger hostilities between Addis Ababa and Mekele that have been in conflict. Since November 2020, Ethiopia's national defense force has set up tents in the Tigray region in…

The Nyiragongo eruption and the earthquakes that followed it are at the heart of all conversations in the Democratic Republic of Congo: on the radio, in the newspapers or on the streets, we hear the words "volcano", "lava" all day, "eruption" or "earthquake" on the four national languages ​​(Lingala, Kikongo, Swahili and Tshiluba), but each one expresses them differently. .

Following the second coup in Mali, the CMA decides to "not follow the current transition without a guaranteed compromise on its priorities." Present in the First Transitional Government and the Transitional National Council, the Legislature, the Coordination of Azawad's Movements (ex-Rebel CMA), calls for the effective application of the provisions of the Alliance's Peace and Reconciliation Agreement…

Kenya is taking frustrations with diplomats over airspace closure, Somalia says MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has not formally announced plans by Kenya to close the airspace completely due to alleged misuse of humanitarian planes and those transporting medical workers to Somalia, senior Mogadishu officials have claimed, just one day after Nairobi issued a statement. According to Mogadishu, Kenya…