By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on BFMTV
On Saturday 14 November, marches wound through Paris, Nantes and Lyon, with 106,000 people taking part across France, including 24,000 in Paris. These demonstrations, which bring the movement in the country to a close, were accompanied by a few incidents, according to BFMTV.
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Paris accuses Algiers of almost entirely blocking French imports and asks Brussels to review the EU-Algeria agreement.
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12 NovFrench exports to Algeria fall sharplyOn Saturday 14 November, between 50 and 60 marches are expected across France, including several rallies in Paris against a bill on the presumed legitimate use of weapons by law enforcement officers. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced that 70,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed, compared with around 146,000 protesters the previous Saturday according to the authorities, citing BFMTV.
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Emmanuel Macron is flying out on a four-day official tour of Cambodia and Malaysia, according to BFMTV. He is due to land in Phnom Penh late in the afternoon, just as marches are taking place in France.
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Activists, students and Yellow Vest protesters are to march together in Paris this Saturday, over wages, education and civil liberties. According to France 24, union leaders fear protesters are growing weary after weeks of mobilisation, while police officers are calling for better compensation for the risks linked to maintaining public order.
🇫🇷 France · Source: France 24 ·
A clash between two rival groups interrupted the Maa Cultural and Tourism Festival on Saturday 14 November 2026, at Sekenani Gate, in Narok County, Kenya, according to Citizen Digital. Chairs were overturned and participants fled during the confrontation.
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Football: Portugal redesigns the No. 7 shirt to honour Cristiano RonaldoThe Portuguese Football Federation is changing the design of the national team’s No. 7 shirt, adding a bar across the number so that no Portuguese player wears a kit identical to that of its former holder. Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, bowed out of international football in early November after 234 caps and 146 goals, according to L’essentiel.
In Ghana, independent investigation demanded into Manso Keniago clashesKen Ashigbey, coordinator of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, backs calls for an independent investigation into the clash between the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) and residents of Manso Keniago in the Ashanti Region. He wants to establish who owns the excavator at the centre of the dispute and to examine traces on the ground to reconstruct events, according to MyJoyOnline.The week in Africa
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