Eye on Africa

MOGADISHU, Somalia - An improvised explosive gadget hit an African Union mission to the Somalia convoy on Tuesday, confirmed a number of witnesses within the newest incident focusing on the international troops who've been within the Horn of Africa for thus a few years and who're important of making stability. The AU troops traveled inside the Karan district of the capital Mogadishu and are believed to have been on regular patrols. Mission troops have been controlling most elements of the nation since their…

MOGADISHU, Somalia Ethiopian peacekeepers in Somalia have disarmed between 200 and 300 of their ethnic Tigraian counterparts over the previous week because the battle rages within the northern Ethiopian area, 4 safety and diplomatic sources advised Reuters. The troopers' weapons had been eliminated as a consequence of considerations about their loyalty, the sources stated with out specifying the method. They stated they included bilateral and African Union troops. The Ethiopian authorities, a navy spokesman and…

In Côte d'Ivoire, a sign of the still tense political climate, the government extended the ordinance banning demonstrations on public roads until 30 November. If the meeting on November 11 between Alassane Ouattara and Henri Konan Bedié made it possible to lower tensions slightly, nothing has been resolved. Many opposition leaders are still being detained and their parties in particular are demanding…

In Mali, the social and political reality is regaining its rights after three days of national mourning, but also of national community around the figure of the late President Amadou Toumani Touré. UNTM, the first union group in the country, began a three-day strike on Wednesday 18 November. A call to stop work affecting all sectors.…

One other three days of campaigning in Burkina Faso forward of the primary spherical of presidential elections on Sunday, November 22. An election together with legislative elections. On the beginning line: 13 candidates, together with President Roch Kaboré, who's in search of a second time period, but additionally the opposition chief, Zéphirin Diabré, and Eddie Komboïgo, candidate for CDP for former President Compaoré, who lives in exile in Côte d'Ivoire. Over the past days of the marketing campaign, the ambiance is…

ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopian authorities on Tuesday froze financial institution accounts of corporations linked to the leaders of the Tigray Individuals's Liberation Entrance. The federal legal professional basic on Tuesday issued a press release with 34 enterprise items whose financial institution accounts had been frozen, saying there's proof that corporations are concerned in financing the "Junta" in Tigray and making an attempt to trace the nation's constitutional order. The banned corporations are concerned in…

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday declared the end of the country's latest Ebola epidemic after killing 55 people in the past five months. "I am pleased to solemnly declare the end of the eleventh epidemic of the Ebola virus in the province of Equateur" in the northwestern part of the great country, Health Minister Eteni Longondo told reporters. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the latest outbreak had killed 55 people among 119 confirmed and 11 probable cases since it began in June.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The pinnacle of Italian intelligence visited Mogadishu over the weekend in what is alleged to be a "secret" journey that comes days earlier than the nation goes to the polls, however the political management has not but agreed on the composition of the federal authorities's election representatives. Giovanni Caravelli's journey was introduced by Somalia's Nationwide Intelligence Safety Company in a tweet that might later be deleted. It's not clear why NISA selected to tug down the tweet, which…

WASHINGTON, USA - The Overseas Ministry has as soon as once more appointed Al-Shabaab leaders within the newest govt order, calling them "harmful" people near the highest management of the Al-Qaeda-linked group, which stays a risk to stability throughout Africa. Horn. , the place they've additionally narrowed their actions. In Order 13224, signed by outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, america blacklisted Abdullahi Osman Mohamed and Maalim Ayman, senior leaders of al-Shabaab, in one more indication that…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the RHDP, at the Mardisoir, held a political council to take stock of the election and the period that followed. Alassane Ouattara spoke with leaders of the ruling party, while the political climate is still tense. with our correspondent in Abdijan, Pierre PintoBefore Alassane Ouattara began his remarks,…