Eye on Africa

In Côte d'Ivoire, according to La Lettre du Continent, President Alassane Ouattara has just signed the delivery of a diplomatic passport to Laurent Gbagbo. According to our colleagues, this would pave the way for his return to the country. Laurent Gbagbo's entourage says he is not aware of such a decision. But there is a scenario of handing over a passport to Laurent Gbagbo within the authorities.…

Confronted with a nasty Namibian group, Mali fought to win the three factors on the third day of qualifying 2021. A penalty from El-Bilal Touré gave the victory to the Eagles (1-0). Till the top and this Namibian shot licking the small web from the Malian goalkeeper, the Eagles may have suffered to retain their small benefit.…

Morocco largely beat the Central African Republic this Friday, November 13 in Casablanca (4-1 whereas Tunisia settled for a slender victory towards Tanzania (1-0). The 2 North African groups take the lead for his or her group. Achraf Hakimi, smiling, struck the hand of coach Vahid Halilhodzic shortly after opening the scoring in…

After flying over the primary half-hour sport with 4 objectives, Nigeria had been made all the way in which collectively towards Sierra Leone and struck an unbelievable draw (4-4) on their garden. Sierra Leone has the efficiency on this third day of the CAN 2021 qualifier. It is only a draw, however 4-4, received by Sierra…

Pneumonia kills about 143,000 children under the age of five each year in Nigeria, the government said on Thursday, with the coronavirus pandemic preventing access to life-saving treatment. Medical oxygen together with antibiotics can help reduce the number of deaths - but the pandemic has seen increased demand, according to the United Nations International Fund for Children (UNICEF), which makes the shortage even more pronounced. Olorunnimbe Mamora, the state health minister in Africa's most populous…

The Moroccan army stated on Friday that it had launched an operation in a UN-patrolled border zone within the disputed Western Sahara to clear a key street that they stated was blocked for weeks by supporters of the Algerian-backed Polisario Entrance. Moroccan forces arrange an in a single day safety cordon within the Guerguerat buffer zone on Western Sahara's southern border with Mauritania, "to safe the move of products and other people by this axis," the Normal Workers of the Moroccan Royal Armed…

Former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, belonged to a generation of young soldiers who were anxious about reforms in West Africa. Its impact on Ghana's political life has been unique and lasting. Jerry John Rawlings had already gone down in history during his lifetime. Nickname " the redeemer In Ghana or the "African Che" of the international press, he was one of the rare African heads of state who had left power peacefully after reforming his country deeply. A champion of "good governance", thisfree soul What does…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, tensions are being felt within the ruling coalition at all levels. In connection with the beginning of the review of the report, prepared by the Minister of Finance's services from the coalition for Kabila, deputies pointed to the Presidency's budget overruns. Since then, a spokesman, an adviser and even members of the UDPS have multiplied the explanations to justify expenditure almost seven times larger than budget forecasts, or 329 billion Congolese francs. For the presidential camp,…

The preventing between Ethiopian authorities forces and rebellious northern leaders could also be uncontrolled and conflict crimes might have been dedicated, the UN mentioned on Friday because the repercussions unfold across the corners of risky Africa. The ten-day battle within the Tigray area has killed a whole bunch, despatched refugees flooding into Sudan and raised fears that it may suck in Eritrea or drive Ethiopia to divert troops from an African drive against al-Qaeda-linked militants in…

Guerguerat's border submit has been blocked for a number of weeks. By launching this operation on Friday morning, Morocco condemns the "provocations from the Polisario Entrance". The separatists from the Polisario Entrance had warned for a number of days. They threatened to reply to a doable intrusion of Moroccan troops or…