Eye on Africa

In Cape Verde, the team election will be held on Sunday 18 April. Voters are urged to renew the 72 members of the National Assembly from which the head of government comes, with significant executive powers. Iceland and Portuguese-speaking countries, members of ECOWAS, Cape Verde, accustomed to democratic exchanges, are a model for stability in the region.…

Road blast in Somalia kills top military commander At least two people, including a commander-in-chief of the national army, were killed when a roadside bomb targeted a military vehicle outside Bal'ad, the Middle Shabelle region, an official said Saturday. The attack took place near Gololey on the outskirts of Bal'ad, an agricultural town 40 kilometers from the capital Mogadishu.…

Political opponent Joël Aïvo was charged Friday night with "violating security and money laundering." But his lawyers are waiting to know on what basis. Benine's opposition figure, Joël Aïvo, was not allowed to run in the presidential election last Sunday, winning by outgoing President Patrice Talon with almost 87% of the vote…

We still do not know the date of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé. Following their final acquittal at the ICC, the two men now want to return to their country. For the former head of state, the conditions for return become clearer. He will benefit from the benefits associated with his status as former president and negotiations are ongoing between his camp and the Ivorian authorities. But what…

Justice is actively seeking Serge Kasanda Ntumba, the initiator of a financial structure that is classified as illegal by the Congolese Central Bank authorities. MyGoldRev is the name of his institution, which is alleged to have defrauded hundreds of thousands of dollars from its customers. “Here your money becomes your slave. Make yourself another source of income ”. The enticing currency of MyGoldRev, a so-called online investment institution, has attracted tens of thousands of people. Two to 3% profit per day on a…

The UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Displaced Persons, is making an alarming assessment of the situation in the Grand Kasai region, where there are more than 21,000 displaced people. This situation follows clashes between ethnic groups Luba and Kuva due to land disputes. The fighting has left at least thirteen dead and nearly 200 houses set on fire in just over two weeks, according to the UNHCR, which has forced tens of thousands of people to flee in an emergency. UNHCR is particularly…

While dozo hunters and katiba Macina jihadists have come to an understanding in the Niono circle, they collide violently in the Djenné circle, in central Mali. Recent conflicts have left dozens dead in recent days, burning villages and displaced families. The origins of the conflict go back more than a month and a half. The…

Following the failure of the election negotiations and the two-year extension of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's mandate, Farmajo says, the opposition is raising the tone. The presidential candidate coalition has called on its supporters to reject what they call a "threat to peace and stability" and to challenge President Farmajo. The 14 presidential candidates have all suspended their election campaigns in retaliation for extension of the Head of State's mandate, which sparked an international outcry this week.…

First contact on the ground between the loyalist forces and the uprising from the front for exchange and coherence in Chad (facts), north of Mao, in Kanem province. A column by the rebel movement, which entered Chadian territory from Libya on April 11, infiltrated this town less than 300 km from the capital before confronting the loyalists on the ground.…

Congolese embassies around the world have serious operational problems. Some are in arrears of up to 12 months with unpaid rents and the risk of deportation for some, or salaries that are no longer released. The situation is such that the Foreign Minister, Marie Tumba Nzeza, warned in the media and asked for greater involvement of the Congolese government to resolve the situation. The regularization process has begun since Monday, April 12. The order was given to the Central Bank of Congo. Of an estimated $ 9 million,…