By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Comores Infos
Ambari Azali Assoumani, wife of Comorian President Azali Assoumani, was the victim of a theft on 24 October while she was on her way to a wedding at Nîmes town hall, France. La Gazette reported the incident, which was picked up by Comores Infos.
Young people demonstrated on Tuesday 27 October in Contéah, in the Nongo Village neighbourhood of Conakry, after a week of power cuts. Security forces dispersed the gathering with tear gas, and traffic, which had been disrupted for about 30 minutes, later resumed, Mosaiqueguinee reports.
🇬🇳 Guinea · Source: Mosaiqueguinee ·
Steeven Cattaperman, 38, died on Tuesday 27 October from burns after a barrel exploded in the yard of his home in Camp-Marcelin, Flacq district, Mauritius. His wife Jenissa, also seriously burned, remains in hospital, while Flacq police are investigating the explosion, Defimedia reports.
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Source: Defimedia ·
The Russia-Africa summit opens in Moscow on 28 and 29 October as Swiss investigative organisation INPACT reports that 94 Cameroonians serving in the Russian army have died. Cameroonian journalist and analyst Franklin Sone Bayen considers it unlikely that the Cameroonian delegation will discuss the deaths with Vladimir Putin, Cameroon News Agency reports.
🇷🇺 Russia · Source: Cameroonnewsagency ·
The Human Resource for Health Coalition is giving the Malawian government 14 days to respond to demands including the recruitment of more than 14,400 health professionals, or it could call a nationwide strike, according to Nyasa Times and Mwnation. The petition dated 27 October 2026 seeks concrete, verifiable action; Mwnation reports that recruitment has begun and sector figures are calling for dialogue.
🇲🇼 Malawi · Source: Nyasa Times ·
71% of medicines analysed in Central Africa were falsified, UN and WHO sayA UNODC and WHO report says 71% of medicine samples analysed in Central Africa between 2020 and 2025 were falsified; more than 251 tonnes of medical products were seized in the area. Presented in Vienna, the study accompanies a 2026-2030 regional roadmap to combat the trafficking, according to the CEMAC Commission.
Gabon seizes 83,880 eggs imported from Cameroon in BitamThe Gabonese Food Safety Agency and Customs seized 83,880 eggs imported from Cameroon in Bitam, Gabon, on 24 October 2026. Initial analyses reportedly detected prohibited chemicals and the shipment, declared unfit for consumption, was destroyed under supervision, reports Directinfosgabon.The week in Africa
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