Eye on Africa

The French institute inaugurated the arrival in the Ivory Coast of a "Micro-Foil", a cultural device initiated by La Villette that has spread throughout France and abroad. It is a flexible space and computer and educational tool that provides access to more than 1,500 digitized works of art from national and international cultural institutions, such as the Louvre or the Philharmonie de Paris. This is…

Four unions of community workers and the territorial administration held a general assembly this Saturday, November 28, in Bamako. They had already been on indefinite strike for over a month and a half. During the meeting, they decided to continue this strike to demand improvement of their living and working conditions. Union judges also condemned the recent massive appointments of soldiers at the head of administrative regions. For the platform of the four unions for workers in the territorial administrative…

Djibouti has simply launched the development of an virtually distinctive infrastructure in Africa: a shipyard. For ten years, the nation has strived to turn into a crossroads for worldwide maritime commerce. The authorities hope that the shipyard, whose first stone was laid on Thursday 26 November, will obtain this ambition.…

Created after Ali Bongo's election victory was challenged in 2009, the opposition party will hold its congress next weekend.

This Saturday, November 28, was the sixtieth anniversary of Mauritania's independence. It was November 28, 1960. Independence was proclaimed within the model new capital Nouakchott by Mokhtar Ould Daddah. Mohamed Aly Chérif was Secretary-Normal of the Presidency below Moktar Ould Daddah, from 1969 till the coup in 1978. He then spoke out specifically in opposition to the repression of Negro-Mauritanians, between 1989 and 1991. Mohamed Aly Chérif is a superb witness in latest many years in Mauritania and is visitor at…

Four years after Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi was sentenced to nine years in prison by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and the destruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums, a delegation from the Trust Fund for Victims traveled to Bamako. The states that have signed the Rome Statute contribute to this fund. For Mali, 1.8 billion CFA francs will be granted from January 2021 to the tomboukti victims identified after the Al Faqi trial. About a thousand people, mainly the beneficiaries of the Mausoleum Saints who…

As the political and economic crisis continues in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the country's capitals, uncertainty increases. In Lubumbashi, the mining town, the streets or even entire districts are subjected to repeated attacks by organized gangs. Attacks with knives or with weapons of war that poison the lives of the inhabitants. Examples in the Bel Air district, where many residents have…

36 Negro Mauritanians were arrested on Saturday (November 28th) as they tried to march on the official platform where President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was taking part in a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of national independence. For part of the Negro-African community, the national festival has been synonymous with grief since November 28, 1990, when 28 black officers were executed at a…

Chadian police raided the premises of the private radio station FM Liberté on Friday, November 27 in N'Djaména. According to the police, 70 people were arrested. They were released, for the majority, Friday night, but three civil society activists were brought before the prosecutor, still according to police. This intervention was strongly condemned by several organizations outraged by the tense…

More than 120 Libyan deputies vowed in Morocco on Saturday to "lift the divisions" that undermine their country, and begin by convening the elected parliament as soon as they return home. At the end of five days of talks in Tangier, Morocco, 123 of its 180 members promised to put an end to "hate speech" and "divisions" that undermine Libyan institutions. They promised to hold "parliamentary elections and to complete the transition as soon as possible" and that all members of the House of…