Eye on Africa

Military Justice conducts a survey among staff at the Congolese Institute for Conservation of Nature in North Kivu. Several agents from this institution have been arrested. The ICCN leadership calls for shedding light on this alleged trade in ammunition, which would have benefited the Ugandan rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which are violent in the Beni region.…

The state of health ended at midnight on Friday. It concerned the Dakar and Thiès regions, which concentrate the majority of Covid-19 cases. A decision announced by President Macky Sall in his message to the nation on March 8 after days of demonstrations and violence that killed at least 10 people. The measure runs until Saturday, but is therefore not extended. At the same time, Senegal has just…

This Friday, March 19, was the last day of the campaign before the Congolese-Brazzaville presidential election. This Sunday, 2.5 million voters will be called to the polls. The defense and security forces have already voted early on Wednesday. The outgoing president, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, 77 years old and already 36 years cumulative at the head of the country, is fighting for a new mandate. In front…

How to encourage young recruits from jihadist groups to regain civilian life? What is happening to former members of armed groups in northeastern Nigeria? How are they reintegrated into society? The International Crisis Group (ICG) is investigating the "Safe Corridor", a de-radicalization program implemented by the federal authorities since 2016 to find a social and non-military solution to combat the…

Denis Sassou-Nguesso, outgoing president of Congo-Brazzaville, a candidate for his own row in the March 21 presidential election, held his last meeting in the Congolese capital, as did his two biggest contenders, former ministers who became opponents, Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas and Mathias Dzon. as reported from Brazzaville,…

Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, who died on March 10 in Germany, was buried in the family's privacy on Friday, March 19, in his town of Séguéla (North) at the end of a week of national mourning. Many of them took the trip From our special correspondent in Séguéla, Sidy YansanéThe courtyard of the Great Mosque of Séguéla…

Samia Suluhu Hassan has been officially president of Tanzania since Friday, March 19, succeeding John Magufuli, who died of heart disease, according to authorities. She was sworn in at the Presidential Palace in Dar es Salaam. To the total leaders, military leaders and religious dignitaries, including former President Jakaya…

US President Joe Biden sent an envoy to Ethiopia to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Despite Ethiopian denials, the United States does not relax the pressure and is very offensive to Addis Ababa because of the crimes committed in Tigray. Since a few weeks, Washington is intensifying initiatives and statements aimed at…

Calm has returned to Senegal, but the crisis born of the March 3 arrest of opponent Ousmane Sonko has not yet been resolved. The tax is heavy: 10 dead according to a government source, 13 according to the opposition. One of the phenomena that marked the spirits these days with unprecedented demonstrations and riots is #FreeSenegal, a channel that allowed young people to express their anger, a real…

The conduct of free, fair and credible national elections in Libya requires a favorable political and security environment in which all stakeholders commit themselves in advance to respect and follow the results and voters are allowed to exercise their democratic rights in a safe manner without threat or interference. The International Monitoring Committee on Libya stated on Thursday. The group, co-chair of Algeria, Germany, the Arab League and the UN mission in Libya, held a meeting on Thursday to…