Eye on Africa

It is a very rare phenomenon in Gabon. A minister accused of mismanagement has resigned. This is Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Jean Marie Ogandaga. He was swept away by a scandal called tax breaks for oil companies. as reported from Libreville, Yves-Laurent GomaThe scandal that plagued the minister was revealed on…

Nurses have gone out into the country to condemn working conditions that have become unbearable. Nearly 10,000 white coats marched in Tunis to demand a profound reform of a health system at the end of its rope. as reported from Tunis, Michel PicardAnger is felt in the long procession that links the Ministry of Health to the…

Ghana is still awaiting the verdict. The announcement of the results of the legislative and presidential elections was postponed on Tuesday night by the election commission, while the two main candidates for the highest office are already claiming victory. They waited for results that did not come. Ghanaian voters remained stuck in front of soap operas of regional bills announced in small quantities. And while partial figures came from the sixteen regions of the country, the capital Accra remained silent, but the…

The president of MRC Maurice Kamto can move freely. The government decided on Tuesday to lift the blockade around his home, a few days after the regional election contested by the opponent was held just over two months ago. as reported from Yaoundé, Polycarp EssombaIt was at the end of the morning on Tuesday that the news…

Rwanda's meals supply app Vuba Vuba is driving the e-commerce dill boosted by the coronavirus pandemic. Vuba Vuba, launched a couple of yr in the past in January 2020, means "quick" in Kinyarwanda, the nationwide language, has already registered virtually 200 eating places, operates in two Rwandan cities and delivers as much as 600 meals a day. Whereas Jumia left the small Rwandan market on the finish…

The Egyptian tourism sector is struggling because of the well being disaster in Covid-19. Within the Royal Valley, 650 km south of Cairo, a whole financial system is collapsing in a rustic the place tourism, the first supply of earnings, accounts for 13% of GDP. From his sizzling air balloon, Captain Kareem has flown proudly…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where pro-Tshisekedi deputies and others from the opposition want to bring down the National Assembly's offices controlled so far by the Kabila camp, conflicts between activists from both camps have erupted in Parliament's territory. The police have been distributed, but the tension remains.…

Aged persons are disproportionately killed within the Boko Haram battle in northeastern Nigeria and are sometimes handled as a "reflection" by humanitarian authorities, Amnesty Worldwide stated on Tuesday. Its report entitled "My coronary heart is in ache" comes simply over every week after the bloodbath of 76 peasants within the state of Borno, which set a brand new commonplace for brutality in Boko Haram's 11-year-old extremist rebellion. Aged persons are being subjected to atrocities by each Boko…

The long-awaited line, the commissioning of which was delayed by the pandemic, connects the economic capital to Ibadan, a large city in the southwest of the country, and should have enormous economic benefits. The Lagos-Ibadan Railway connects the megalopolis with 20 million inhabitants to Nigeria's third largest city, with more…

The humanitarian scenario in Ethiopia's Tigray area is "more and more vital," the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees mentioned on Tuesday, warning of dire want for help. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered troops to Tigray on November 4 following alleged assaults by Tigray Folks's Liberation Entrance (TPLF) forces on federal navy camps within the northern area. Abiy, the winner of final 12 months's Nobel Peace Prize, declared victory in Tigray on November 28 however mentioned on…