Eye on Africa

Somalia's army chief survives bombing; 52 militants killed in Ops MOGADISHU, Somalia - In what could be a major step towards taking security responsibility in Somalia, the Somali National Army continued a force against Al-Shabaab over the weekend, claiming victories in two separate operations in central and southern parts of the country. Al-Shabaab still controls large parts of the countryside in…

In Burkina Faso, the Federation of Education and Research Unions has supported students who have been fighting for several weeks against the reform of exams. The Ministry of National Education had announced reforms on BEPC and BAC degrees, including the abolition of a subject in certain subjects and the organization of bac which…

Uganda, relatively spared so far by the Covid-19 pandemic, has seen the number of positive cases increase in recent weeks in the country. A new wave that raises fears of new restrictive measures while the curfew is still in place. On Saturday night, President Yoweri Museveni spoke on TV to launch a warning message about the development of the health situation.…

Sierra Leone is a country best known for the civil war that raged between 1991 and 2002 and the infamous "blood diamonds". But Sierra Leone is also a country with a very rich ecosystem and many assets that are still too little known. White sandy beaches, crystal clear water, tropical forests, the country has the most beautiful coasts in West Africa. But this paradise has been forgotten by tourists for…

French lawyer Maître Antoine Vey stood at the bedside of his client, opponent Reckya Madougou, this weekend in the civil prison of Missérété, on the outskirts of Porto Novo. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc AploganThe opponent, failed candidate to Democrats party in the presidential election has been prosecuted for "criminal…

The day after the statement from the Constitutional Court in Mali, according to which Colonel Assimi Goïta is now taking up the post of president of the transition, the latter left Bamako on Saturday to Accra in Ghana. He is taking part in the extraordinary summit of heads of state of the sub-regional institution. as reported…

The African mini-tour of French President Emmanuel Macron ends. He left South Africa on Saturday, May 29, where he arrived on Friday, from Rwanda. Emmanuel Macron and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, appealed to the international community for Africa to be able to produce vaccines. The French president also visited the Nelson Mandela Foundation.…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the question of nationality to be president arose again two and a half years from the end of Felix Tshisekedi's term. Noël Tshiani made a bill according to which "can only be a candidate for the President of the Republic who is born of a Congolese father and mother". A topic of particular concern for Moïse Katumbi's camp, whose nationality has already been the…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while volcanic activity around the city of Goma remains a source of concern, nearly 14,000 people have left their homes since last Thursday crossing the Rwandan border, following a partial and preventive evacuation order. Some of these displaced people returned home this Saturday, May 29th.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopia's National Defense Forces serving in the Missionary Forces of the African Union in Somalia has been trained in civil protection, in which aims to reduce the number of accidents during operations. More often than not, there are massive civilian complaints when AMISOM troops carry out operations in Somalia, which often results in serious civilian casualties. AMISOM has rarely acknowledged such cases before. But on Friday, ENDF troops conducted training on respect for human rights, which is…