Eye on Africa

We do not understand this refusal. A church that is present in the country and that is an important part of civil society. We do not understand. They ask that there be a specific receipt for election observation. We have never spoken, we do not know a single case that an NGO has a receipt for election observation. All this surprises us and we ask many questions. We want to know a little more. Félicien Mavoungou, National Coordinator of the…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, double arrows by Alain Atundu, the last intelligence chief under Mobutu Sese Seko. The first is launched against the Congolese state, which is prosecuting Kalev Mutondo, the former director general of the dreaded National Intelligence Agency (ANR). He is accused by former detainees of torture, arbitrary detention, inhuman treatment and attempted murder. The second…

Adji Sarr, who accuses Ousmane Sonko of rape, spoke Wednesday night, March 17, in front of some select media. The young woman, who worked in a massage parlor in Dakar, publicly confirms that the Senegalese opponent would have forced her into repeated intercourse. Ousmane Sonko was indicted and placed under judicial supervision in this case. A case that was the trigger for violent protests in the…

ICJ concludes hearing on Kenya-Somalia's maritime border case HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Court of Justice will on Thursday conclude the hearing on the maritime border dispute between Kenya and Somalia after nearly a week of submissions to the Hague-based court, which has jurisdiction to deal with the cases. In the last week, the court has dealt with the case after…

Officially, Tanzania's President John Maguful has died of heart problems. This was announced by the Vice President on television on Wednesday, March 17, after more than two weeks of unresolved absence from the head of state."Easily re-elected in October last year for another term with 84% of the vote, John Magufuli, 61, appeared for the last time in public on February 27 and points to World Africa, there were persistent…

Speakers on Somalia's resumption of elections next week in Mogadishu's source MOGADISHU, Somalia - The leaders of the federal government and the federal states are expected to meet in Mogadishu next Sunday to discuss the country's long-standing electoral conflict. A source close to the presidency told Axadlethat mediation from international partners has managed to persuade the…

Ethiopia's request for an inquiry into the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in the country's northern Tigray region was approved by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet, according to a UN spokeswoman on Wednesday. Tigray residents have told human rights groups and journalists about massacres, widespread sexual violence and indiscriminate killings of civilians by security forces in the region. Aid workers say, however, that Tigray's health system has…

Studies of environmental impact have shown that 10% of the world's electricity is used by computers to power, among other things, the Internet and its networks. Every year, 900 million tonnes of CO2 are generated by “digital waste” - emails, music and photos stored in the cloud. In Madagascar, the environmental association "Let's Do It Madagascar" organized an information meeting on Wednesday, March 1,…

Tanzania's president dies after mysterious illness Tanzania's President John Magufuli, who long denied that Covid-19 posed a threat to his country, has died after a mysterious two-week illness, the vice president said Wednesday night. Magufuli, 61, disappeared from the public eye on February 27, raising speculation that he had signed Covid-19, although Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa…

The Tunisian president visited Libya on Wednesday, March 17, the first visit by a head of state to the new heads of government of national unity. The menu for the meeting was plentiful: the fate of the jihadist families, the position vis-à-vis Israel and economic cooperation. as reported from Tunis Mathieu GaltierThe visit was…