Eye on Africa

This Tuesday, December 1, is World AIDS Day. The pandemic is still just as virulent and despite the progress made, the goals are far from being achieved. Among the advances, UNITAID, an international drug procurement organization linked to the WHO, announced on Tuesday an agreement that will enable better care for HIV-positive children in developing countries. The cost of treatment will be greatly…

The UN says meals has now run out of practically 100,000 Eritrean refugees who've taken refuge in camps in Ethiopia's northern Tigray area, which has been lower off from the world for nearly a month throughout preventing. "Considerations are rising by the hour," UN refugee spokesman Babar Baloch informed reporters in Geneva on Tuesday. "The camps will now run out of meals - making starvation and malnutrition an actual hazard, a warning we have now issued for the reason that battle. began virtually a…

The federal army has taken control of Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, but the leaders of the TPLF party are nowhere to be found. Their leaders say the war continues and they will win. For its part, the international community is pushing for a definitive end to the conflict and a dialogue, in particular to prevent the deterioration of the humanitarian crisis.…

This is vague and incomprehensible after the abolition at the last minute, Monday night, of the speech that President Bah N'Daw was to give on state television, ORTM. The announcement of measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 was expected, the speech had even been recorded. No justification for this cancellation. Neither…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Authorities of Somalia has failed to satisfy the deadlines set for the elections, based mostly on the September settlement signed in Mogadishu, and questioned the nation's obligation to carry free and truthful elections, as promised within the communication issued. In keeping with the timeline revealed, all regional states had been to start electing senators to symbolize them within the federal authorities earlier than voters elected MPs set to switch the present meeting as…

Wally Adeyemo, 39, was born in Nigeria and raised in the United States. He was appointed on Monday by President-elect Joe Biden. He is the first African-American Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Wally Adeyemo was born in Nigeria and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Academically, this kid had a flawless career: he…

President Félix Tshisekedi, who still has not announced a decision after three weeks of national consultations, is he trying to interrupt members of the pro-Kabila majority to gain more powers? In any case, the relatives of the former president do not doubt it. On Monday, in a statement, the majority of Parliament condemned maneuvers that tend to reconfigure the forces in the National Assembly. What…

Today there is a stone that is not there. So there are two stones left and you understand why we are moved, why we are in pain because a part of ourselves is not there and we are suffering. That is why we say that this moment is a painful moment. Imam Kobin was a man with integrity, a man who knew how to lead his society, he is a researcher but who had great simplicity, not to say humility. Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga Esdras…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The Authorities of the Republic of Kenya has denied allegations that it disrupts Somalia's inner coverage simply hours after Mogadishu reprimanded Nairobi for what it referred to as "persistent interference in our inner insurance policies, significantly in Jubaland". In an announcement issued on Monday, the International Ministry insisted that the claims of the federal authorities in Somalia couldn't be substantiated, additional demonstrating the strained relationship between the 2 nations, whose…

December 1 marks the thirtieth anniversary of former Chad President Hissène Habré. Chadian lawyer Jacqueline Moudéina defended the victims of the previous president and appears again on Chad's course throughout Idriss Déby Itno's thirty years. An anniversary marked by political tensions. In latest weeks, the opponents' properties and the headquarters of their events have been surrounded by police who concern organizing demonstrations. For her, the scenario for democracy and human rights is in sharp decline. .