Eye on Africa

The election campaigns for the presidential and legislative elections on December 27 are open in Niger. Thirty candidates are vying for the chairmanship and 359 for the 171 deputies. At the end of these elections, a democratically elected president will lead the torch to another civilian candidate, a first in Niger. with our…

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - The protracted feud between the Somali authorities and the northern separatist area of Somaliland might take a brand new form following current calls from Moscow for brand spanking new talks months after a Djibouti-led mediator seems to have hit a stalemate regardless of EU stress and the EU OS. And now Russia, one of many world's financial superpowers, needs the 2 groups to renew talks that had apparently collapsed, regardless of the worldwide neighborhood's dedication to mediate an enduring…

On Monday, December 7, 17 million Ghanaian voters might be known as to the polls to elect their new president and their deputies. This English-speaking West African nation is among the many good college students in a area in full swing, a rumor that Monday's survey must be consolidated, Christopher Fomunyoh believes. He's the regional director with duty for Africa for the American NGO Nationwide Democratic Institute, which examines political rights and freedoms. He's current in Accra as a world observer and solutions…

Mali's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission organized its second public hearing in one year on Saturday 5 December at the Bamako International Conference Center. For a full day, survivors of massacres, murders, torture and inhuman treatment were interviewed. Full of life, Aicha Wallet Albessaty navigates between the two waiting rooms reserved for the victims. During the first years of independence, in 1963, a Tuareg uprising broke out in the Kidal region. An uprising from the Malian army. Aicha, 9 years old,…

The Nigerian authorities have intensified meetings and discussions following the massacre of at least 76 farmers of Boko Haram a week ago in the state of Borno, just twenty kilometers from the city of Maiduguri. The powerlessness of the Nigerian army in the face of the jihadist uprising raging in the north-east of the country has largely been highlighted.…

He was expected in Lubumbashi on Saturday, but ex-president Joseph Kabila could not make the trip. Members of his delegation had to leave Ndjili airport in Kinshasa to return to their homes. Meanwhile, in Lubumbashi, his followers mobilized to welcome him trying to interpret this non-arrival. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda…

Several unions for public health care workers are demanding a new mobilization day, Tuesday 8 December. Hundreds of doctors gathered in Tunis on Friday. This protest movement after the death of a young colleague this week in the hospital. It is the death of a 27-year-old doctor that causes this anger. On Thursday, he fell…

The Congolese government began implementing a stop this week banning motorcycle taxis. Officially, this is a decision to fight accidents and aims to limit contact during this period of the fight against Covid-19. However, the measure does not pass among drivers and civil society. as reported from Brazzaville, Loïcia MartialA…

In Madagascar, the government has set the price per kilogram of rice. For several weeks, this food, basic food on the Big Island, has continued to increase. The prices of the different rice varieties at the grocery stores vary between 2200 and 2500 Ariarys (between 0.50 and 0.50 euros). Duties that Malagasy households can no longer afford. In the Anosibe district, inside the capital's largest wholesale market, most merchants heard the news about rice pricing in the morning. Their prices have not changed and few agree to…

The hunt for TPLF officials continues in Tigray. One week after announcing the capture of the regional capital Mekele, the federal government is still looking for the leaders of the movement. For its part, TPLF makes sure that the fight is not over.