By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ecomatin
Afriland First Bank is leading a 166 billion CFA franc bond issue launched by Guinea. The bank is drawing on fifteen years of experience structuring and placing sovereign issues in Cameroon, according to Ecomatin.
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The Ivorian government reports a cash surplus of 369.1 billion CFA francs in the execution of the 2025 budget, with 15,654.2 billion in resources and 15,285.1 billion in spending. An analysis of budget documents and a World Bank report notes that resources include borrowing and points to a deficit of nearly 2,000 billion, according to Togoweb.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Togoweb ·
Guinea discussed funding and the acceleration of projects linked to its Simandou 2040 development programme with the African Development Bank Group. The talks also covered implementation of AfDB-funded projects, public procurement and disbursements, according to Visionguinee.
🇬🇳 Guinea · Source: Visionguinee ·
Falikou Kourouma, a Guinean opposition figure based in France, says his mother was abducted by a commando in Beyla, eastern Guinea. He is calling for her immediate release after the incident was reported on Sunday 11 October 2026, according to RFI.
🇬🇳 Guinea · Source: RFI ·
The wife of the governor of Nigeria’s Delta State distributed 200 million naira in cash and food items to 2,500 vulnerable women. Each recipient received 50,000 naira and food supplies as part of the state’s third food bank initiative, according to Businessday.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Businessday ·
Guinea’s CRIEF combines two proceedings involving bailiffsThe CRIEF has agreed to combine two proceedings against bailiffs, including Me Halimé Saad Chaloub, who are accused alongside others of alleged forgery, fraud in court proceedings and usurpation of office. The prosecution said the related cases should be heard together; the civil party supported the request at the 19 October 2026 hearing, Guinee360 reports.
Illegal gold mining destroys 1,533 hectares of forest in GhanaSeven of the 19 forest reserves in Ghana’s Western Region have been affected by illegal mining, which has destroyed about 1,533 hectares, according to Nana Poku Bosompem, regional head of the Forestry Services Division. Presenting figures for operations carried out from January to September 2026, he promised that no part of the reserves would be ceded to illegal miners, 3news reports.The week in Africa
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