Eye on Africa

In Côte d'Ivoire, the second day of Amadé Ouéremi's trial before Abidjan's criminal court. This human smuggler from the West Ivory Coast is suspected of being one of the architects of the massacre in the Carrefour district of Duékoué on March 28 and 29, 2011, during which more than 800 people were killed during the capture of the city by pro-Ouattara. forces. This Thursday, a dozen witnesses were…

According to local elected officials, six young Malians were killed on Thursday, March 25, in the northeastern part of the country in a strike that the French force Barkhane described as targeting jihadists. Local notables speak of young hunters killed during persecuting game. They request that an investigation be initiated and that liability be established.…

Eritrea will withdraw its troops from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday, a potential breakthrough in a protracted conflict that has seen atrocities against civilians. The announcement comes as Abiy, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019, faces increasing pressure to end fighting in which both Eritrean and Ethiopian troops are accused of abuses, including mass murder and rape. Abiy sent troops to Tigray on November 4 after blaming the region's once dominant ruling…

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While recently launching Rwanda's platform for democracy, a new opposition party not yet registered with the authorities, former university professor Christopher Kayumba is accused of attempted rape and sexual assault. Heard by investigators on Tuesday, March 23, he said he was the subject of disinformation aimed at selling his reputation.…

The Burundian media in exile in Rwanda silenced for two days by decision of the Rwandan authorities. Some journalists in exile in this country say they have been sacrificed at the altar of political realism, as the two neighboring countries began on the road to normalizing their relations, it was just over six months ago. RPA…

General John Numbi, a former inspector of the army and 80 other non-commissioned military officers currently living in the Katanga region, is called to join Kinshasa. This return to Kinshasa is indefinite. An investigation is currently underway against General John Numbi, the former head of the police force in the case of the murder of human rights defender Floribert Tshebeya.…

In Niger, the interior ministers, defense and humanitarian action went to the scene of the Tillia massacre on Thursday in the Tahoua region, in the north of the country. Several attacks have taken place in the last ten days in the region. All indications are that they would be implemented by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS). EIGS has largely expanded its grip on this part of the three…

Despite the fall of the dictatorship, despite peace with several rebel groups in the province of Darfur in October 2020, the latter is experiencing an increase in violence, especially tribal violence. This outbreak is accompanied by the departure of UNAMID. The mission of the UN-African Union ended its mandate on 31 December. The Sudanese force to replace the peacekeepers is not yet ready.…

The novelist Diary Sow participated on Thursday through a video conference in the "Exclusive Feminine Forum" organized by the French Institute in Saint-Louis. His "disappearance" in January 2021 had moved the whole country and aroused a very strong mobilization within the diaspora. When she returned, she had mentioned "an irreversible need to cut the bridges for a moment."…