Eye on Africa

It is a project that worries Benin and is unanimous in Nigeria. Last Wednesday, the Nigerian director announced that it had released pledges of $ 1.9 billion for the construction of a 250km railway line that will connect Nigeria to neighboring Niger. A project whose foundations were launched in 2015, but whose costs and real interest rates are discussed. The future railway line will connect the city of Kano in Nigeria with Maradi in southern Niger and pass through Jigawa, Katsina and Jibia. But the announcement of this…

Two months after the sinking of a Japanese ship in Mauritius, the first overview of the consequences of the oil spill on biodiversity. It will take several months to assess the impact of the 1,000 tonnes of fuel spilled on the coral reef. Also on land, oil spills can have consequences, especially for two bird species that are already in danger. The water in the lagoon is petrol blue. Two months after the oil spill that hit Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, "we sometimes find oil products on the surface," said Vikash Tatayah,…

In Madagascar, we are measuring the impact of Covid-19's crisis on education. Civil society raised this issue during an online debate this Saturday, September 26th. For six months, classes have been suspended on the Big Island, except for graduate class students, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. With our correspondent in…

Turn young Beninese out of school in rural areas into green entrepreneurs. This is the Women Agripreneures project, a project set up by the Les Jardins de l'Espoir association, which has been promoting agro-ecology in several places in southern Benin for four years. There are four phases, funded by the American organization IREX: fifteen days of introduction to agroecology, internship on a farm for three months, training in entrepreneurship and monitoring of each participant. The goal is for them to become financially…

In the Central African Republic, it was the last day this Saturday, September 26, for the Congress of the Presidential Party, MCU. Gathered in the Bangui Sports Center, delegates from the United Hearts Movement have just invested their candidate Faustin-Archange Touadéra in the December 27 presidential election. Gathered at the Bangui Sports Center, Muc delegates urged the outgoing president to run for another term, a mission accepted without surprise by the Faustin-Archange Touadéra. "I heard you, and it is with great…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Several Al-Shabaab militants were killed in fragile Lower Shabelle on Friday, state media reported in ongoing operations targeting the Al-Qaida-linked group which is terrorizing security forces, civilians and even operatives audience in Somalia for decades. State media say the Somali national army killed 16 al-Shabaab militants in Barire, further weakening the authority of the country, which has suffered insecurity for two years, killing hundreds and more. seriously injured. Reports indicate…

Lubumbashia witnessed an invasion, early this Saturday morning, September 26, of militants from Bakata Katanga. The official report shows three elements from the killed police, 16 dead from the attackers and ten men captured. NGO Justicia ASBL prepares a preliminary toll of 4 dead on the side of the loyalist forces and 5 wounded and a dozen of the dead among the attackers. Bakata Katanga is this militia that is militating for the secession of the mining province of Katanga. According to several sources, gunfire in the…

KHARTOUM - Sudan does not want to link its removal from the list of American terrorism which hinders access to foreign funding for the country's economy with the normalization of relations with Israel, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday. Sources said this week that US officials have indicated in discussions with a Sudanese delegation that they want Khartoum to follow the UAE and Bahrain and open relations with Israel. Sudan's designation as a sponsor state of terrorism dates back to its ousted leader…

The death toll from a jihadist attack on the convoy of the regional governor of northeastern Nigeria has risen to 30, security sources said on Saturday. Two sources told AFP deaths from Friday's attack in the returning Borno state had doubled as more bodies were found and now included 12 police officers, five soldiers, four members of a government-backed militia and nine civilians. "The number has risen to 30 as many corpses were picked in the surrounding areas after the attack," said one of the sources, adding that…

In Madagascar, about thirty opposition political parties met on Friday 25 September at the Panorama Hotel in the center of the capital Antananarivo. Among them the TIM party of former President Marc Ravalomanana and the HVM of the outgoing head of state Hery Rajaonarimampianina. The latter rejects the holding of the senatorial election on 11 December 2020. An election that they consider constitutional and hasty, especially because several municipalities do not have large voters, and because validation of the executive…