Eye on Africa

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Two Cuban doctors kidnapped by Al-Shabaab militants have been released, 18 months after their dramatic abduction, raising eyebrows over the doctor's security in Kenya, where their government had reached an agreement with Nairobi as part of strengthening bilateral ties. Surgeon Landy Rodríguez and general medicine specialist Assel Herrera were kidnapped on April 12, 2019, when the car in which they were traveling to the hospital in the border town of Mandera was attacked by alleged members of the…

Here are the musical releases that make the news in Afro-Club, hit on turntables this week with Oudy 1er, Elow'n, Burna Boy & Stormzy, MPR, Stanley Enow, Tekno, finally Töme & Sean Kingston. In Conakry we dance with Oudy 1s, so we do not draw a picture for you: Oudy 1s has just uploaded a clip where we dance. The one now called the President of the Indians is back a few months after his collaboration with the Congolese artist and member of the Extra Musica group, the legendary Roga Roga. The two artists threw the…

French deputies on Tuesday night passed the bill on the return of works of art in Benin and Senegal. Paris intends to return 26 pieces to Cotonou and saber of El Hadj Omar Tall to Dakar. The restitution project was unanimously voted on by the deputies, even the right-wing elected representatives supported it. It is almost…

The Guillaume Soro case, in which he is accused of trying to undermine state authority, will be sent to the Attorney General for trial. From our correspondent in Abidjan The former president of the National Assembly in exile in France for nine months is the subject of an arrest warrant for conspiracy and attempted attack on state authority. Prosecutor Richard Adou announced Tuesday, Oct. 6, that the case Guillaume Soro and about 20 of his relatives will be referred to the Attorney General for trial in the criminal…

In Mauritania, about ten people have died in recent days in several regions of the country after consuming meat or milk contaminated by farm animals suffering from burnout. The disease has been raging in the country since 15 September. From our correspondent in Nouakchott, The first cases of gorge in the valley was recorded in Tagant, at central Mauritania. But also in Brakna to the south and in the two Hods near the border with Mali. A total of 24 cases have been reported, but half have resulted in death in humans.…

After further discussions to try to end the Libyan conflict, the participants, parliamentary representatives from the two rival camps in Libya, announced that they had reached an agreement on reunification of the institutions. For the Algerian president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is following the situation in Libya very closely, it is necessary to organize elections.…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Suspected Al-Shabaab militants detained a Nairobi-bound bus in the latest attack inside Kenyan territory, a senior police officer said in an attack that left at least eight passengers badly wounded inside the porous northeastern region. Joshua Kitakwa, deputy commissioner for Mandera South, said the latest attack took place between El-Wak and Kotulo towns near the border with Mandera and Wajir counties. It is the first attack in Kenya by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in so many months. "We still…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A contingent from the Somali National Army on Tuesday fought with Al-Shabaab militants in Basra in an operation that lasted for hours as the country struggles to restore order in various parts of the Horn of Africa, which has yet to fully defeat the Al-Qaeda-linked group. Al-Shabaab militants still control large parts of central and southern Somalia in the countryside, but ongoing operations have drastically weakened the group, which is also struggling to contain internal disparities.…

On the face of it: things are accelerating in Mali….

KISMAYO, Somalia - The long-standing standoff between the federal government of Somalia and the state of Jubaland could escalate in the coming weeks over the continued stay of the Somali national army troops in the region, over a month after both sides reached a preliminary agreement on the withdrawal of the soldiers. Since January, SNA troops have been cooperating with the Ethiopian national defense forces has tightened its grip on Gedo, a region that should primarily be under Kenya's defense forces under the…