Eye on Africa

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The "broad political consensus" reached in September, ending a two-year stalemate in Somalia, should be "preserved and truly deepened", the nation's UN envoy to the Safety Council on Monday. Though the agreed mannequin for voting "sadly didn't come underneath" the constitutional requirement for parliamentary elections based mostly on the precept of common suffrage, the Particular Consultant James Swan, who additionally heads the United Nations Help Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), acknowledged that…

The conflicts between the Ethiopian Federal Army and the TPLF Tigrayan movement, which has now been going on for 20 days, are causing increasing concern. Several states, including Ethiopia's allies, are withdrawing their reserves. The latest reports come from the United States. Through a vote from the National Security…

The demonstration scheduled for Saturday, November 28, by the dynamic Kpodzro will be banned by the Togolese authorities, the organizers were told this morning. The Kpodzro dynamics, which support Agbéyome Kodjo, calls for a demonstration on Saturday in Lomé, Togo's capital, to challenge the outcome of the February presidential…

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagboa, according to several sources, completed the formalities in Belgium on Monday to obtain a diplomatic passport. Following statements by President Alassane Ouattara on RFI and France 24, who, a few days before the presidential election, had confirmed that he was in favor of the delivery of…

Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya has resigned as the High Representative of the African Union in Mali and the Sahel, according to RFI information. Convicted of 18 relatives in absence to life imprisonment in Burundi to assassinate his successor and the country's first democratically elected Hutu president, Melchior…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Particular Forces of the Somali Nationwide Military have as soon as once more been hit by an explosion focusing on their convoy, experiences present, within the newest assault that comes amid an ongoing breakdown towards militants within the Horn of Africa who've been battling insecurity for years. At the very least six members of Danab's particular forces have been killed after an improvised explosive machine hit their convoy within the Leego space of ​​Decrease Shabelle on Monday,…

In Benin, five appeals by citizens and opponents were submitted to the Constitutional Court to challenge the rule of sponsorship required to run in the April 11 presidential election. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc AploganSince the amendment of the electoral law in November 2019, political parties must collect 16…

Guillaume Soro and three of his relatives "can not fear anything" from the mandates that the Ivorian Ministry of Justice is asking to hand over to the French authorities, according to Maître Affoussiata Bamba-Lamine, lawyer at the bar in Paris and coordinator of the collective of Guillaume Soro's lawyers. "In this case, it will…

Although the search for a vaccine against Covid-19 seems to be progressing, there is still no effective treatment for the disease. Dozens of clinical trials around the world have failed to find cures for severe forms. However, a new test will try to contribute to the building, and he is African: Anticov, that is his name, will eventually affect 3,000 patients in thirteen countries.…

In an open letter to Beninese President Patrice Talon, Maître Antoine Vey, French lawyer for Sébastien Ajavon, one of the main opponents of the head of state, condemns the attacks on democracy and human rights in the country. of the force in place. He also demands that his client's convictions be "revoked". "The conviction of…