Eye on Africa

The Tigray Struggle weighs on the economic system. Since November, the battle between the central authorities and the previous native authorities within the TPLF has resulted in hundreds of deaths, widespread insecurity and a severe financial disaster. Within the capital Mekelle, if the state of affairs is pretty calm, the inhabitants is struggling to reside usually. Reportage.…

Final week, the customs authorities introduced that they'd seized a number of tonnes of unauthorized medicine, value greater than 1.5 billion CFA francs (nearly 2.3 million euros). A file seizure close to the border with Gambia. A number of operations of the identical sort have been carried out in current months. The Affiliation of Pharmacists in Senegal condemns a "lack of political will" to fight…

Britain introduced on Sunday, Might 13, sanctions towards two members of the Libyan Kaniyat militia and its leaders, perpetrators of significant human rights abuses and abuses in the town of Tarhouna, 80 km from Tripoli the place a number of mass graves have been found. London has launched the militia and its two leaders "a freezing and journey ban", stated the British International Secretary.…

Thirty years in the past, on Might 15, 1991, the well-known Malian author Amadou Hampâté Bâ, creator of Amkoullel, the Fulani Baby, died in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The muse that bears his identify organizes on this event conferences and debates as regards to his work and his reminiscence. She additionally launched into an intensive mission to digitize convention notes, correspondence or varied writings by…

The 117th Friday demonstration ended on Might 14 with many arrests. A dozen journalists had been arrested, 4 of whom are nonetheless being held by borderless journalists, together with Khaled Drareni, who has develop into an emblem of press freedom in Algeria. The Algerian authorities crack down exhausting, lower than a month earlier than the election to the legislature.…

Final Tuesday at RFI, Nigerian Inside Minister Alkache Alhada confirmed that discussions would quickly happen with the Algerian authorities on the migration difficulty. Specifically, to handle the difficulty of the systematic deportation of migrants from Algeria to Niger. These migrants are launched in the midst of nowhere and must stroll 15 km to achieve the Niger border. Testimony.…

The primary season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), a pan-African basketball league, takes place from Could 16 to 30 in Kigali, following a number of launches linked to Covid. Listed here are seven issues to find out about this distinctive competitors, created by the NBA and the Worldwide Federation (FIBA). That is the…

Mahamat Idriss Déby, head of the Transitional Army Council in Chad, is on an official go to to Nigeria on Friday, Could 14. The son of former Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno was obtained at the top of the morning by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on the Presidential Palace in Aso Rock. as reported from Lagos, Liza…

The assembly has been postponed a number of instances for the reason that starting of the week, however this time it appears to be proper. The African Union Peace and Safety Council is lastly Chad this Friday, 14 Might. This time the assembly has taken place for the reason that morning of 14 Might. This is essential as a…

Ramadan, cultural myths blame Somalia's low COVID-19 vaccination price MOGADISHU, Somalia - The just-concluded holy month of Ramadan and a few cultural myths and, or misinformation, has been attributed to Somalia's low COVID-19 vaccination price, in a transfer that might put hundreds of individuals prone to getting the damaging virus. Somalia is certainly one of the international…