Eye on Africa

On this third day of consultations, Félix Tshisekedi met with Jean-Pierre Bemba, former Vice President, President of the MLC and former Opposition Fellow of the Congolese Head of State. He is the first political person to be received. President Tshisekedi is looking for a new majority to overthrow his predecessor, Joseph Kabila.…

Rival Libyan navy officers agreed on Tuesday on a roadmap to hold out a ceasefire that was reached final month and is anticipated to fulfill in Sirte quickly, mentioned the UN's appearing envoy for Libya Stephanie Williams. The announcement got here after a gathering of a joint navy fee the place discussions on a ceasefire started on Monday in Libya, at dwelling, for the primary time. The perimeters agreed to "arrange a navy subcommittee to observe the withdrawal of navy forces to their respective…

JOWHAR, Somalia - Former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed returned to Johwar, the regional administrative capital of Hirshabelle on Wednesday, because the state prepares for native elections, which is able to outline management for the subsequent 4 years beneath the interim structure. Hirshabelle lawmakers elected Abdihakim Luqman as the brand new speaker on Wednesday in an election that has attracted pursuits from each the opposition and the federal authorities in Somalia. Final week, the regional meeting was shaped…

Since the announcement on Tuesday morning of the re-election of Alassane Ouattara with more than 94% of the vote, according to preliminary figures from the Electoral Commission, new steps have been taken in the political opposition. The homes of several opponents were especially surrounded by the security forces. And this Wednesday morning, the tension has not abated.…

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has introduced an offensive by federal troops towards provincial authorities in Tigray, 700 kilometers north of the capital Addis Ababa. The escalation had been occurring for a number of weeks now with the area threatening to face out. Since that evening, the combating has taken place within the province, however solely somewhat data is filtered out as a result of lower of all…

In Algeria, the court of appeal on Tuesday, November 3, ruled on Ali Haddad's fate, embroiled in a corruption case. The former head of Algerian bosses had already been tried in July 2020, but had appealed his conviction. A new verdict was therefore expected and turned out to be milder than at first instance. Twelve years in…

Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of the former Rwandan president suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide, was heard by French justice on Tuesday (November 3rd). An extremely rare hearing in the context of the investigation into the role that former gendarme Paul Barrilà played in the massacres. It had been years since we had…

On Tuesday night, a bus from Mopti was targeted by armed men about thirty kilometers from Bandiagara, in Dogon country. The charge is heavy: eight dead. It is an area that has already been targeted in the last month by several jihadist attacks, and where the army has subsequently been accused of abuse. Of the thirty passengers…

WASHINTON, USA - The just-concluded U.S. election might, in any case, have cemented fortunes for Somali refugees in America after vital victories in Minnesota, a state that has a major variety of them, in response to preliminary outcomes launched Wednesday morning. A minimum of 4 Somalis gained vital seats within the nation, a sign of a rising inhabitants in the USA and a attainable willpower of future parliamentary elections within the nation. There are a major variety of Somali refugees in the USA. In Minnesota,…

Drought and pandemic, these are the two evils that hit the Moroccan economy in 2020, according to the International Global Fund (IMF). The institution, which has just completed a mission in Morocco, estimates that the economy will have to contract by 6 to 7% this year before returning again by 4.5% next year. A rebound that does not depend on the will of the authorities alone, emphasizes the IMF.…