Eye on Africa

The United States is asking Somalia's political actors to drop the terms before the pre - election talks MOGADISHU, Somalia - In what could rattle both the opposition and the federal government in Somalia, the United States has asked the political players to drop prior conditions so that they can allow the country to find a solution to the current political stalemate in the country.…

Six candidates face incumbent President Idriss Déby Itno, who is seeking a sixth term in the April 11 presidential election. If the candidates meet their constituents during meetings, it is also on the streets of Ndjamena that the race for the Pink Palace is played out through campaign posters. They are distributed in large numbers on the streets of the Chadian capital. But the opposition condemns the…

Lake Retba (Pink Lake), divided from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow corridor of dunes, gets its name from the pink water caused by Dunaliella salina algae and is known for its high salinity, up to 40% in some areas. An aerial view shows rows of boats used to harvest salt in Lake Retba, Senegal, March 16, 2021.…

France will resume its embassy in the war-torn Libyan capital Tripoli next Monday, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, promising to support the new interim government. Macron met with Mohammed Menfi, head of Libya's three-member presidency council, in Paris. Menfi was elected in February as part of a UN-hosted political process. Menfi and Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah are tasked with guiding the Government of National Unity (GNU) until the national elections scheduled for December…

Tigray Province has been at war since early November. More than three million people need help and victims of serious human rights violations. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been silent for more than three months. He ended up acknowledging in part the humanitarian catastrophe caused by his intervention, but did not take responsibility for it.…

Wanted by justice to explain his involvement in the Chebeya affair, former Congolese police chief John Numbi has fled abroad and is now under arrest warrant. NGOs are asking the Congolese government for his extradition to Kinshasa following his flight from the DRC. as reported from Kinshasa,Kamanda Wa Kamanda MuzembeHe was…

KISMAYO, Somalia | The incumbent Jubaland security minister Abdirashid Janaan has been formally fired after switching allegiance to the Mogadishu administration, despite working closely with the regional government under President Ahmed Islam Mohamed Madobe. Several sources had suggested to Axadlethat Janan, who hails from the Gedo region, was planning to formally move his loyalty to outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, with whom he had disagreed. And Jubaland, who apparently had intelligence reports, fired…

In Guinea, the National Front for Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) is pursuing its transformation: one year after the referendum on 22 March 2020, which resulted in a modification of the disputed constitution, it continues to condemn "a coup" and is still opposed to a third period of President Alpha Condé. At the same time, this movement, which brings together opposition parties and civil society, seeks to broaden its commitment to more social demands. After months of discussions, the FNDC is implementing a change: its…

This is the new app star for young people in Senegal: the clubhouse makes it possible to exchange information and social debates can be initiated (of course virtually). During the demonstrations of recent weeks, it made it possible to maintain the mobilization, to organize fundraisers and to preserve the link between the diaspora and those who were mobilized on the streets. Aminata Thior is with us in "La Vie ici". .

Unemployment reaches 33% of the working population, inflation 17%, the statistics for February 2021 reflect in all their severity the serious economic crisis that Nigerians are going through. Africa's largest economy - in terms of GDP - is facing several crises, food products are rising dangerously and extreme poverty is rising. Pandemic, agricultural crisis and oil rent decline, the picture is bleak…