Eye on Africa

The National Electoral Commission (ANE) has just announced that the submission of candidate files for the presidential and legislative elections on 27 December will take place between 1 and 10 November. This prompted the KNK party of former President François Bozizé to want to poke "in" while his candidacy is the subject of controversy between the presidential camp and the opposition through the media.…

Félix Tshisekedi spoke to the nation on Friday night. In a speech of approx. 6 minutes later, the Congolese head of state listed the differences within the ruling coalition and announced that he intended to open consultations with the leaders of the political parties as early as next week. Some expected a resolution, others to…

Sidiki Diakité, Minister of Territorial Administration, died on Friday, October 23, after a cardiac arrest. In recent days, it was he who coordinated the attempts at dialogue between the government and the opposition parties. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy YansaneAs suddenly as it was unexpected, the disappearance of Sidiki…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - As Somalia prepares to carry elections, the UN highlights the necessity to make sure that the nation's political area stays open, permitting a range of voices and views to be expressed as a part of the democratic course of. To attain this, freedom of speech, opinion and meeting should be protected. "A dwelling political area is one that permits and encourages the participation of all segments of society - together with residents, the media, civil society, public establishments and political…

As the crisis continues in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari spoke this Friday 23. October with his predecessors, including Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo, during a virtual meeting. as reported from Abuja, Liza FabbianAccording to the press release from the Nigerian presidency, the head of state once again lamented…

Protesters are scattered like tensions in Guinea earlier than the ultimate outcomes of the nation's presidential election. Additionally, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari admits that "many lives have been misplaced" in current protests in opposition to police brutality. And our group speaks to Ivorian voters in Bouaké as a part of our sequence forward of the nation's elections. .

New Delhi - India mentioned it was working in direction of the return of 33 Indian nationals caught within the East African nation of Somalia and had been additionally working to offer them with help, Overseas Minister (EAM) Ja Jaankankar mentioned on Friday. In keeping with information company reviews, the 33 Indians who labored in an organization as employees in Somalia have nearly been held hostage by their employers for the previous eight months. Out of the 33 Indians, 25 come from Uttar Pradesh. All 33…

US President Donald Trump on Friday, October 23, introduced the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and Sudan and warranted that the 2 international locations had entered into "peace". After the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the Hebrew state will normalize its relations with a 3rd nation. Israel and Sudan…

The UN announced this Friday 23. October a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Libya between the Khalifa Haftar camp in Benghazi and the government of national unity based in Tripoli. The warlords signed an agreement after five days of talks in Geneva. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the ceasefire…

In Guinea, there is still no official winner of the first round of the presidential election last Sunday. The Electoral Commission announced new partial preliminary results on Thursday night, but the figures for three constituencies are missing. The retiring Commissioners condemn "serious irregularities" in the counting procedure.…