Eye on Africa

The UN chief has expressed "concern" over reported armed clashes in northern Ethiopia, and requires instant motion to decalate tensions and guarantee a peaceable resolution to the dispute, his spokesman mentioned. "The Secretary-Common renews the UN dedication with its companions within the area to assist the Ethiopian Authorities in its reform efforts geared toward constructing a peaceable and safe future for all its peoples," UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric mentioned in a press release late Wednesday.…

The Auditor General presented his annual report to the Transitional Authorities at the end of last week. This report, which reviews public spending, has since been published. In 2019, Rigsrevisionen carried out 31 verifications concerning expenses, which were carried out between 2015 and the first quarter of 2018. Purpose: to track everything that looks like a lack of transparency or even direct fraud.…

Lakhdar Bouregaa, 87, was infected with coronavirus. This independence veteran was also a figure for the Hirak protest movement calling for a change in the system at the head of the country. Lakhdar Bouregaa was highly respected by the youth of Hirak. They saw in him a bridge between the 1954 revolution to end colonization and…

ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopian authorities shut down Web companies within the midst of a disaster within the Tigray area, stated the service supplier Entry Now, wherein Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed now faces criticism from the worldwide group over his current actions that undermine democracy within the nation. Solely the Tigray area, which was hit by the remainder of the nation, stated it was okay. The area by means of the administration of the Tigray Folks's Liberation Entrance has been at odds with the Abiy…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government is trying to diversify the fragile economy, which mainly depends on the mining sector. To do this, the Congolese Prime Minister, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, on Wednesday launched the country's first pilot "special economic zone" in the suburbs of the capital Kinshasa.…

HARGEISA, Somalia - A high media entrepreneur was jailed for 5 years in Somaliland on Wednesday, officers mentioned, in one other indication that media and free speech stays a excessive order within the outbreak of Somalia, whose human rights document has been questioned lately. Yusuf Abdirahman will now should spend 5 years and 5 months behind bars following a conviction handed down by a court docket in Hargeisa on what might elevate questions concerning the area's place to assist human rights and dignity according…

Continuing his consultations to seek a new majority and get rid of the influence of his predecessor Joseph Kabila, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi on Wednesday, November 4, received Jean-Pierre Bemba, President of MLC. As the negotiations come to day four, civil society demands that they not just share the cake. With our…

JOWHAR, Somalia - The Somali authorities took a good grip on the central state of Hirshabelle after main victories in speaker elections, even because the nation strikes in the direction of an important election interval scheduled for this month in all components of Somalia. Hirshabelle state is electing a brand new chief who will probably be on the helm for the subsequent 4 years, and already elected the regional MPs who took half within the election for speaker on Wednesday in a vote that was intently monitored.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United Nations and the African Union Mission in Somalia held a gathering with Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe on his relationship with the federal authorities in Somalia only a few days earlier than the nation's extremely anticipated polls. Madobe, who liberated Kismayo from al-Shabaab in 2012, has disagreed with the Mogadishu administration and has usually accused President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of plotting to undermine his management, particularly within the troubled Gedo area of…

The Sudanese authorities approved the constitutional document in its new amended version earlier this week. According to the Official Journal of the European Union, this document extends the transition period by approximately fourteen months. The text was signed in August 2019 between the Forces for Freedom and Change and the Military Council. He is supposed to steer the transition period, which will…