Eye on Africa

Twenty people are still missing, according to local authorities, after the attack, which was aimed at a convoy of IDPs returning to their hometowns in the North-Central region. The attack took place overnight Monday through Tuesday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees mentions at least 25 people killed. as reported from Ouagadougou, These people had fled attacks by armed groups. Thinking of a lull, they had decided to return to their hometown. The convoy consisted of about fifty internally displaced…

Continuation of our series devoted to the Guinean economy during the October 18 presidential election. In Guinea, the "eTax" platform has just been launched to dematerialize the payment of taxes and facilitate taxpayer procedures. Main objectives: combating corruption, but also expanding and securing the tax base. Conakry is thus following in the footsteps of many countries on the continent, which have…

In Tunisia, the wreckage of a French military submarine that disappeared in 1917 was discovered. A Cap Bon diving club located and identified Ariane, sunk during World War I. The sinking caused the deaths of 21 people, 8 sailors survived this tragedy. This discovery is reminiscent of the submarine potential on the Tunisian coast and revives the memory obligation.

In tonigh's version: A Kenyan court finds two men guilty of aiding al Shabaab in Westgate mall attacks. 67 people were killed in the 2013 violence. And once the world's leader in phosphates, Tunisia is now importing the product. We bring you a report on the impact of both covid 19 and social movements on the country's phosphate industry. And Madagascar's tourism sector continues to suffer from the…

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian lawmakers have ruled that federal officials should cut ties with leaders in the northern Tigray region who defied Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last month by holding elections his government considered "illegal." The decision, announced late on Tuesday by the House of Federation, the upper house of parliament, promotes the collapse of relations between Abiy and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated Ethiopian politics before Abiy came to power in 2018 and is still under…

Senegal is requesting the inclusion of the national dish, thiébou dieune ("rice with fish" in Wolof), in the intangible cultural world heritage of Unesco, in the same way as, for example, Italian pizza. The file was archived a few days ago. Thiof (grouper), rice, carrots, cassava, bouillon cubes, onions and more or less pepper,…

In Ethiopia, members of the federal parliament have begun announcing the modalities of the gap between the authorities in Addis Ababa and the regional state of Tigray in a state of de facto insurgency. The latter, for his part, no longer considers the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "legitimate", given that his term expired on Monday. The Ethiopian federal government will no longer have any interaction with the exercise of the state of Tigray and its various bodies. From now on, he will only have to deal with the…

It's Christmas before its time on the Lagos Stock Exchange in Nigeria. On Tuesday, October 6, the index jumped over the thirty largest stocks by 5.7%, the second-best result in the last fifteen years. In the last month, the Nigerian stock market has been in good shape and has gained more than 13% as the country is going through a severe recession. Never before has the connection between the real economy and finance been so striking in Nigeria. As the country struggles with a recession synonymous with job losses and deep…

In Côte d'Ivoire, less than four weeks before the presidential election, the joint mission of ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations ends its stay. Before leaving the country, she took stock of her visit to Abidjan. From our correspondent in Abidjan After his stay in Abidjan, the common mission for ECOWAS, The African Union and the UN share one concern: the lack of trust between political actors. This is the main point made by the press release read by General Francis Behanzin, Commissioner for Political…

Two defendants were convicted during the trial of the attack on the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2013. The third was acquitted. From our correspondent in Nairobi Seven years as a family awaited this judgment. After five suspensions and more than three hours of reading, Judge Francis Andayi finally declared two of the three guilty suspects of "conspiracy", "support" or even "possession of objects linked to an act of terrorism". The first, Mohamed Ahmed Abdi, taught Islam in Nairobi.…