Eye on Africa

Negotiations will soon resume in Côte d'Ivoire on the return to the country of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé, acquitted by the ICC. President Ouattara officially declared on Wednesday that they were free to return whenever they wanted. While the essentials are therefore officially agreed by all parties, there are still many details to be resolved.…

Ballaké Sissoko is back with Djourou, his new album on the No Format label. We find the kora master surrounded by many guests including the Gambian Sona Jobarteh, one of the rare women who play the instrument. .

Melina Ngoundou Mouelé has emerged from unemployment, which affects 35% of young Gabonese thanks to the cultivation of sugar cane used to make a local beverage known as Musungu, a beverage highly valued by men in Libreville. Young woman who has successfully returned to earth. .

Jean Castex will not be in Algiers on Sunday, April 11, as planned. The French Prime Minister was to travel to the Algerian capital of the Franco-Algerian Intergovernmental Committee. The fight against terrorism, trade and research agreements, Sunday's program was busy, but Covid-19 disrupted the meeting. The Algerian authorities have decided to postpone this visit.…

Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah embarked on a tour on Wednesday, April 7, in four Gulf countries: Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which he will visit this Friday to end his tour. The Libyan official is seeking support from these countries for his government and is trying to get from them a unified position in the face of the crisis in his country.…

A little over a year after the re-election for the fourth term, Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé has been in France since Wednesday for a working visit. The highlight will be a tête-à-tête at noon this Friday, April 9 at the Elysee Palace with its counterpart Emmanuel Macron. This visit is the first by the Togolese head of…

A long-awaited testimony this Thursday, April 8, in the Bouaké bombing, in which nine French soldiers were killed on November 6, 2004. The Togolese Minister of the Interior at the time, François Boko, heard by video conference, explained how, while making the alleged perpetrators of raids available for the French authorities on 16 November, they refused to take it up. A very detrimental passivity for the…

Cameroon's women's team will meet Chile on April 10 and 13, 2021 in Antalya (Turkey) during an intercontinental qualifier for the Olympic Games. Cameroon will try to land the ultimate ticket to Tokyo football tournaments. On March 10, 2020, Cameroonian football players fell from the top. The Indomitable Lionesses lost 2-1 to…

On the southern part of the African continent, the regional organization of SADC presented on Thursday afternoon, April 8, the conclusions of its extraordinary summit, which was organized as soon as possible on security and humanitarian crises in Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique. Two weeks after the spectacular and deadly attack on Palma by a group claiming to be international jihadists, five leaders…

After the talks flopped, Farmajo accused of lacking leadership in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - Political pressure continues to escalate in Somalia following the recent statement by the Council of Presidential Candidates, which now accuses outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of not showing "leadership" at the time when it is necessary. The harshly worded statement comes hours…