By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Air Côte d’Ivoire is temporarily adjusting its regional flights after several aircraft were grounded for maintenance, including one damaged by a bird strike in Bamako. The national airline announced the disruption in a statement published on Monday 26 October 2026, L’Infodrome reports.
S. T. A. D., nicknamed “Doctor Tanoh”, was referred to the Ivorian justice system on 20 October 2026 in a case involving cosmetic buttock injections, one of which allegedly led to a patient's death. The Economic Police have also registered several complaints against him, L’Infodrome reports.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
The third edition of the Abidjan Border Forum ended on 22 October 2026 at the Abidjan Exhibition Centre, after three days devoted to cross-border cooperation in Africa. Discussions focused on three priorities, according to L’Infodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
Ivory Coast’s Ministry of the Civil Service and Administrative Modernisation launched a workshop in Jacqueville on 19 October 2026 on drafting and using job descriptions. The High Authority for Good Governance is supporting this awareness-raising initiative, L’Infodrome reports.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
The 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.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Aip ·
Tchépé Foundation donates 1,500 school kits and 50 bicycles in PonvogoThe Tchépé Foundation distributed 1,500 school kits, 200 hygiene kits and 50 bicycles in Ponvogo, in Ivory Coast’s Poro region, as well as teaching and sports equipment. The donation, handed over on 19 October at Soro Tchépé Modern College, aims in particular to support girls’ education, according to L’Intelligent d’Abidjan.
IMF could schedule Senegal’s case from mid-NovemberSenegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô says the International Monetary Fund could schedule Senegal’s case from mid-November if the requested information is provided. He also mentions budget support from the World Bank and other lenders, which could support investors and debt recovery, according to his interview with RFI.The week in Africa
Be the first to get our letter in English: the essentials from every region of the continent, free.
