Eye on Africa

That is the primary interview with the Beninese president since his controversial re-election on April 11, within the absence of the opposition's heavyweights who couldn't resist him. Why are most of those opposition figures being prosecuted by the Benin judiciary? Now that he has been re-elected, is Patrice Talon able to forgive them? Is he planning a 3rd interval in 2026? In Cotonou he solutions questions from Christophe Boisbouvier from RFI and Marc Perelman from France 24 ..

The UN Safety Council held its first assembly behind closed doorways on Thursday, April 29, to talk about the dangers of the proliferation of mercenaries in Libya within the international locations of the area. as reported from New York, Carrie NootenAfter praying for over a 12 months the departure of mercenaries which…

Preventing continues to be raging within the Ethiopian province of Tigray, between the insurgency and the Ethiopian federal troops, supported by Amhara militiamen and the Eritrean military. She is accused of many crimes and the worldwide neighborhood calls for that she go away Ethiopia. However what can we learn about this military and its troopers? On the Eritrean facet, we're speaking about compelled…

Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, college students have spent the night time within the courtyard of Beni Metropolis Corridor for six days demanding a return to order and safety. Faculty kids demand extra safety within the area and particularly the departure from MONUSCO, the UN mission, which they think about to be…

In South Africa, the social community TikTok has signed a partnership with the establishments liable for accumulating copyright. The settlement additionally applies to the 22 African international locations with which these establishments work. A win-win contract for TikTok who needs to entice artists to their platform and for the music business who're in search of new earnings.…

A high-level dialogue on the theme "Feeding Africa, leadership to scale up successful innovations". takes place over two days and ends today, at the initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Fida). The idea of ​​organizing this forum, which is held by video conference, arose from an observation: 246 million Africans suffer from food insecurity and this number continues to increase. In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings of food…

Following the violent demonstrations towards the brand new regime, it's time to take inventory: greater than 700 individuals have been arrested within the protest districts of the Chadian capital. Within the corridors of the courthouse sit many teenagers, their hair stuffed with mud, on the bottom, barefoot, intently guarded by…

Laurent Gbagbo's sister and 5 different Ivorian Patriotic Entrance (FPI) chiefs are anticipated on Friday, April 30, at Abidjan's airport, after ten years in exile in Ghana. Jeannette Koudou says she is returning to the Ivory Coast in a spirit of reconciliation. "My thoughts is totally relieved, I'm calm and it's with pleasure…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun distributing hundreds of thousands of expired COVID-19 vaccines to other African countries because it will not be able to administer all doses before they expire at the end of June, its health minister said on Thursday. On Thursday afternoon, a plane from Angola picked up almost half a million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which had been delivered to Congo through the COVAX vaccine dispatch facility on March 2. Congo delayed launch after several European countries…

This technique requires candidates for the assorted elections to acquire sponsorship from 1% of voters to run. Through the 2019 presidential election, solely 5 personalities had been capable of cross this threshold and current themselves. This regulation was questioned by opposition events together with the USL, Social Liberal Union, which seized the subregional jurisdiction in December 2019.…