By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Abengourou Mayor Hervé Patrick Adom has outlined the municipality’s priorities in education, health, markets and roads. At the Local Authorities Exhibition, he said he wanted to continue investing and attract partners to fund the city’s projects, L’Infodrome reports.
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Madagascar's Prime Minister Mamitiana Rajaonarison says decisions on the 2027 budget are almost finalised before the draft finance bill is submitted to the National Assembly. Water, electricity, roads, health, education and agriculture are among the priorities; he also referred to suspected sabotage behind power cuts, reports L'Express de Madagascar.
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Source: Lexpress ·
ECOWAS wants to make its regional food security reserve more responsive and sustainable through predictable funding to cover stockpiling, replenishment and emergency interventions. Its Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Dehpué Yenpea Zuo, presented the plans in Dakar at a meeting on revising the strategy adopted in 2012, reports APS.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: APS ·
The €35 million announced for the Abidjan metro is not a donation, but guaranteed financing intended for two projects. The arrangement supports targeted works while opening up contracts for French companies, according to L’Infodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
The fourth Ivorian Local Authorities Fair ended in Abidjan with a recommendation to raise the resources transferred to territories to 20%. The proposal is intended to strengthen local authorities’ autonomy and effectiveness, according to officials and participants cited by the Ivorian Press Agency.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Aip ·
AU Commission chief praises Ouattara’s action for the SahelThe chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, praised Alassane Ouattara’s action for peace and security in the Sahel, economic integration and resolving regional crises. He said this after talks with the Ivorian president in Abidjan on 20 October 2026, according to the Presidency of Ivory Coast, the AIP reports.
Petrol reaches 1,500 naira per litre in south-east NigeriaPetrol prices have reached 1,400 to 1,500 naira per litre in several states in south-east Nigeria, despite a reduction announced by the federal government. In Anambra, the increase has raised some urban fares from 200 to 300 or 400 naira, according to Punch’s observations.The week in Africa
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