East Africa

AU sticks with John Mahama in Somalia's mediation group ADDIS ABABA - Former Ghanaian President John Mahama will, in spite of everything, lead the extremely anticipated Somalia mediation group, a number of sources have confirmed, nevertheless it stays unclear when he is anticipated to report for the train, which is about to renew quickly. There remains to be a variety of confusion concerning the…

Caged and has misplaced Mogadishu, Farmajo's restricted means to save lots of "legacy" MOGADISHU, Somalia | The final 4 months have been hectic for Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, in what might outline his tenure as both a statesman or an imperial dictator who strives to remain on the helm regardless of his dwindling fortunes. With the strain of the worldwide group and this from…

Benoît Chervalier is an funding financial institution, instructing at Sciences Po Paris and at Essec (Larger College of Financial and Business Sciences). A debt and finance specialist in Africa, he advises governments and corporations on the topic. RFI: France organizes a global summit on financing and debt points in Africa. French President Emmanuel Macron can…

This Tuesday, Could 18, a summit can be held in Paris devoted to the financing of African economies and the prickly debt situation. The Covid-19 pandemic plunged the continent into an unsurpassed recession final yr. African nations should finance their restoration, however in contrast to the good powers, they wouldn't have the identical capability. The Paris Summit should study specifically the choices…

In Ethiopia, the humanitarian state of affairs is more and more worrying within the province of Tigray, the place the battle has been occurring since November. Many worry a worsening meals disaster as a result of violence prevents many residents from planting. As well as, emigration continues in some areas. For weeks, Tigrayans dwelling within the western a part of the province have fled a whole lot to…

Kenyans, indignant, nonetheless very mobilized on the web. For about two months, they've been urging the IMF to cease lending cash, whereas these loans are consistently being redirected, they condemn. Regardless of their sturdy mobilization, the Worldwide Financial Fund granted a brand new $ 2.34 billion mortgage to keep away from the nation's over-indebtedness. However the Kenyans' outrage is at its…

The particular analysis committee arrange by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan to evaluate the improvement of Covid-19 within the nation, printed its report on Monday, Could 17. Specialists have warned that Tanzania dangers dealing with a 3rd wave if significant motion is just not taken. The president promised a response…

Whereas in Paris, Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, is on the menu for the assembly between the French president and his Mozambican counterpart, in Pemba, the capital of the area, the circulation of displaced individuals fleeing violence close to the Tanzanian border continues. . With our particular correspondent in Pemba,…

The arrest of a lawyer in the course of the night time in his house arouses robust criticism in Mauritius. The Bar Affiliation as nicely because the opposition events think about the police methodology to be "unacceptable". Lawyer Rama Valayden, additionally a former Minister of Justice, was arrested at his house round two o'clock. The rationale: lack of respect for well being legislation throughout a…

After greater than 25 years of tense exchanges, following the French intervention in Rwanda in the course of the genocide of the Tutsis in that nation, relations between the 2 international locations have warmed up significantly in recent times underneath the French Presidency Emmanuel Macron. Rwandan President Paul Kagames visited Paris this week for the summit on the African financial system and…