By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Police custody measures have been taken in the investigation into an alleged network trafficking women linked to Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, who died in 2023 without ever being prosecuted. The joint investigations in the two countries have received 163 reports of sexual violence or exploitation, according to Le Monde.
French police searched the Ritz, the Villa Windsor and the Castel Sainte-Thérèse in Saint-Tropez as part of an investigation into an alleged network trafficking women linked to the late Mohamed Al-Fayed. According to AFP, citing the Paris prosecutor’s office, these operations mark an important step in the investigation opened in summer 2025 to identify possible accomplices.
🇫🇷 France · Source: SeneNews ·
British police are examining new reports against comedian Russell Brand, who was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault. According to TimesLIVE, several people contacted the investigation during and after the trial, and two other rape allegations are under investigation.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Source: TimesLIVE ·
Israel’s new Parliament is sworn in on Tuesday 10 November, as Benjamin Netanyahu is set to lose his majority. According to France 24, the opposition wants to set up a commission of inquiry into the security failures that preceded the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023.
🇮🇱 Israel · Source: France 24 ·
Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States opened on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for two days, without European countries. According to France 24, this is the first such meeting since February; it focuses on security guarantees for countries at war.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Source: SABC News ·
El Salvador accuses US diplomat David Howell in HaitiEl Salvador has sent a diplomatic note accusing US chargé d’affaires David Howell of spreading false information about its troops’ operation against gangs in Haiti. According to Axios, this stance contradicts criticism from the State Department, as Donald Trump fully backs the operation.
Sierra Leone’s foreign minister meets Morocco’s parliament speakerSierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, visited Ahmed Touizi, President of Morocco’s House of Representatives, in Rabat. They discussed strengthening parliamentary ties and cooperation in trade and education.The week in Africa
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