Eye on Africa

On 9 November, Morocco was one of the first countries to announce an impending Covid-19 vaccination campaign without specifying the time or type of vaccine.

Greater than 17 million persons are eligible to vote in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections on Monday with the competition for the perfect job anticipated to be a detailed battle between incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo and longtime opponent John Mahama. Nestled alongside the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana - lengthy a beacon for democracy and stability in West Africa - has ensured peaceable transfers of energy on seven events since returning to democracy nearly 30 years in the past. The 2 main events have…

Félix Tshisekedi decided to end the coalition he had formed with his predecessor Joseph Kabila. To do this, he wants a majority in the National Assembly. This allows him to appoint a new prime minister and form a new government. The first step in the process, he decides to appoint an informant who will be responsible for identifying a new coalition that brings together the absolute majority in the National Assembly. RFI receives Hervé Diakiese, lawyer, human rights defender and spokesman for the "Le Congolais Debout"…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - For the primary time in so many months, President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo indicated that the anticipated election, in any case, continues as deliberate, a step that might set off a heated political debate in Somalia, a rustic battling instability for over three many years now. Initially, each the federal authorities and the member states had agreed to carry elections from 1 December 2020, however plans seem to have modified after the final twist on the appointment of members of the nomination…

The gap is widening between the military and Sudanese civilians responsible for leading the political transition. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan unilaterally decided on the powers of the Transitional Partnership Council, a body recently created following the peace agreements with the rebels. The decree has not even been published in the official newspaper or published. The text signed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan simply leaked to the press on Thursday. This Transitional Partner Council (CPT) would initially be…

In terms of debt, Abidjan is likely one of the good college students. Côte d'Ivoire has simply borrowed one billion euros on the monetary markets, often known as a Eurobond subject. And buyers have rushed to lend to the nation, which is taken into account comparatively protected by buyers. Not all nations are deadbeats,…

The regions of South Africa in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape are beginning to see a new emergence of Covid-19 cases, as the country now has almost 4,000 new cases per day, twice as many as in November. Despite the government's repeated warnings, there is a relaxation in the barrier gestures. as reported from…

University of Diego-Suarez, in the far north of the country, a new source of Covid-19 contamination. For several months, the Big Island has had few new cases and the state of health was lifted in mid-October. But in a few days, 83 cases were identified in the capital of the Diana region. A situation that raises concerns that the virus will re-emerge.…

The fourth edition of the festival for electronics and video games from Abidjan (Feja) ended on Sunday 6 December. This international festival has become the meeting place for African players who are becoming more and more professional and even starting to earn their living in front of the console, like their counterparts from other continents.…

It was one of many guarantees of his "financial revolution": President Nana Akufo-Addo, in energy for 4 years, wished to industrialize the Ghanaian economic system. Between 2016 and 2019, the trade famous a development of greater than 10%. However a lot stays to be finished. Report from Casa de Ropa, one in every of Ghana's few candy potato farms.…