Eye on Africa

After days of silence, the Benin government is responding to the latest ruling by the African Court of Human Rights. On Friday, ACHPR called for the repeal of the constitutional reform in November last year and demanded a return to the 1990 text. A decision that follows several unfavorable judgments from this court against…

A number of days earlier than Monday's presidential and legislative elections in Ghana, voters are speaking about their issues. Between improvement, peace and preserving guarantees, their expectations are excessive. With our particular correspondent in Accra, Christina okelloAt Makolo Market in Accra, consumers flock to stalls…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A bit of Somaliland MPs has accused Senate speaker Abdi Hashi of appearing with no listening to within the ongoing dispute involving him and President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo over members of the election committee elected just a few weeks in the past. Each Farmajo and Hashi are embroiled in a battle over the members of the Somaliland committee, which can also be being given the chance to elect lawmakers regardless of the area claiming to have withdrawn from Somalia about three a long time in…

Goncourt des lycéens won by Cameroonian author Djaïli Amadou Amal for his novel "Les Impatientes" published by Emmanuelle Collas. A book about the condition of women in the Sahel and the violence they can fall victim to. It is a price that "represents a lot" for Djaïli Amadou Amal. During the presentation of the high school…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has reportedly put stress on Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble to declare Jubaland a "enemy-based territory" forward of the long-awaited election in Somalia, opposition chief Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsamee has revealed in what might additional set off debate. In the previous few months, the Jubaland subject has performed a central function within the political battle between the federal authorities of Somalia and President Ahmed Madobe of Jubaland, who has…

Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are decided to proceed their offensive that started on Monday, November 30, 2020 in opposition to two US chocolate multinational firms. Abidjan and Accra accuse Hershey and Mars of not eager to pay a particular premium supposed to higher pay cocoa-producing farmers. A gathering between the gamers within the sector will happen this Thursday in Yamoussoukro.…

In Ethiopia, it took a month of conflict before Tigray finally opened up to aid workers. And again ... the whole province will not be available. as reported from Addis Ababa, Noé Rochet-BodinAt present, the signed agreement allows the UN to visit only areas under government control. That is not enough, says Saviano Abreu from…

In Côte d'Ivoire, at the newest census in 2014, nearly 500,000 individuals with bodily disabilities had been registered. However in actuality, it could be that there are lots of extra, given the truth that households usually disguise them out of disgrace. Along with prejudice, incapacity is a really severe materials downside for occasionally poor households. Kids who can't transfer on their very own…

Thirty-one professors from the University of Kinshasa, the largest in the country, have died since January. Illness, poor medical care, difficult working conditions are among the causes, according to the association of UNIKIN professors. This is the first time that the university has achieved these figures in one year. Kinshasa, the troubling situation in academia.…

Nigerian General Oumarou Namata, commander of the G5 Sahel Joint Force, was in Paris on Wednesday, December 2. RFI could meet him exclusively. General Namata assures us that the joint force, three years after its creation, has now reached maturity in the fight against armed terrorist groups. If the military presence in the Sahel becomes international with the gradual arrival of the European Takuba…