Eye on Africa

In Tanzania, 29 million voters will be called to the polls on October 28. The country holds presidential, legislative and local elections. The vote takes place in a tense context following violence on Tuesday in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region that voted one day in advance. The opposition accuses the police of killing a dozen people who protested against attempted fraud. Police denied having shot anyone. as reported from Nairobi, Sebastien Nemeth In Tanzania, fifteen candidates are vying for the presidency,…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Kenyan citizen was amongst these sentenced to demise by a military courtroom docket in Somalia, it has emerged, even as a result of the Horn of Africa continues to battle violent extremism, which has wreaked havoc inside the nation for over three a very long time. Aden Mohamed, 28, born in Wajir, Kenya, stopping for ISIS subsidiary in Somalia since 2017, established the courtroom docket, leading to his conviction at a military courtroom docket in Northeastern State. He labored with the group for…

Work on the second inclusive national forum responsible for evaluating the new constitution, which has been in place since 2018, opens on 29 October. Over the course of three days, participants will evaluate the basic text that sanctifies, among other things, the abolition of the post of Prime Minister and the introduction of a Confession of Confession. These decisions are contested by a large section…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Hundreds of Somalis took to the streets in varied cities to protest alleged Islamophobic remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron, who has precipitated uproar in varied elements of the Muslim world, days after a video of him appeared. On Wednesday, Mogadishu was reworked into the focus of the protests when offended residents known as for a boycott of French merchandise within the Horn of Africa over the remarks that authorities in France have vehemently defended the president. The French chief…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the scandal with the lists of fictitious doctors receiving salaries and a risk premium is spraying the Ministry of Public Health. The latter launched at the beginning of the week a solemn appeal to condemn those who wrongfully receive wages and risk premiums. Nearly 500 names have already been discovered and published in the capital, but the issue is still…

While suspended two months ago after Cairo slammed the door, negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the renaissance dam could resume on Tuesday, October 27, at the initiative of the African Union (AU). The three countries are in a tense climate just five days after the inflammatory remarks of Donald Trump. as…

Ivory Coast will vote on Saturday to elect a new president or renew Alassane Ouattara in power for ten years. Its economic record is quite good, but not for all Ivorians. On the plus side, the Ivorian economy is undergoing a rebirth. With an average growth of 7% to 8% since 2011 - and without taking into account the current…

A number of states have already arrange committees to analyze police violence, one of many calls for of younger folks whose protest motion was bloodily suppressed after a military intervention on October 20 in Lagos. A "judicial inquiry and return committee" composed of eight members started its work on Tuesday, October 27, in megalopolis, to attempt to do justice to some victims.…

AXADLE, Northeastern State - The secessionist state of Somaliland on Tuesday deported a number one anti-Khat marketing campaign, in one other step that comes amid an argument involving the deportation of a Tik Tok star and the suspension of United Nations humanitarian actions within the area. Final week, Somaliland suspended its engagement with the United Nations on humanitarian actions in what's believed to be triggered by the worldwide company's determination to work from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, which…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants have drastically improved their income assortment on the expense of the Somali federal authorities, the Hiraal Institute stated in a report masking the group's financial exploitation, which may elevate questions in regards to the group's skill to assault the nation. The militants are elevating at the least $ 15 million a month through which greater than half of the quantity comes from the capital, Mogadishu, the Hiraal Institute stated, including that…