By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Two Arab-Israeli lists achieved a result described as historic in Israel’s legislative elections, without becoming kingmakers in forming the next government. The bloc opposed to Benjamin Netanyahu still refuses to ally with them, Le Monde reports.
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After shootings near Hebron, Netanyahu announces a large-scale military operation in the West Bank, and Israel demolishes buildings.
29 OctBenjamin Netanyahu’s career from soldier to power28 OctNetanyahu’s Likud wins 54 seats but lacks majority in Israel28 OctLikud accuses Arab parties of ‘stealing’ Israeli electionThe first results of Israel’s general election give Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud 54 seats and Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party 47, with neither camp reaching the 61 seats required for a majority. About half of the votes had been counted, according to figures reported by the Times of Israel and Mwananchi on 28 October 2026.
🇮🇱 Israel · Source: Mwananchi ·
Likud, the party of outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has accused the Arab-majority parties of “stealing the election”, as they could win a record 17 seats. The party says it has evidence of fraud and pressure, an accusation reported by AFP after the 27 October vote.
🇮🇱 Israel · Source: L’essentiel ·
A collision between two trains near Urda, on the Madrid-Andalusia line, killed at least 68 people, according to Le Monde, Vanguard and Real Equatorial Guinea; Daily Post puts the toll at 64. Vanguard reports more than 100 injured, compared with 77 hospitalised, including 15 in a very serious condition, according to Real Equatorial Guinea. The Spanish government declared three days of national mourning; the trains were carrying 397 Renfe passengers and 147 Iryo passengers, according to the Castile-La Mancha regional government spokesperson. Daily Post reports that Israel offered its condolences and that rescue teams continued their searches.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: Le Monde ·
The National Rally of Independents (RNI), a Moroccan party now in opposition after the 23 September legislative elections, will hold its congress on 22 and 23 January 2027. Rachid Talbi Alami will lead the committee preparing it, Yabiladi reports; the party must then prepare for several elections scheduled for 2027.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Yabiladi ·
Spanish press questions safety of Madrid-Seville rail lineThe rail collision that killed 68 people in Spain has revealed, according to the local press, that the risks linked to the Madrid-Seville line were known. Newspapers also highlight that a fatal accident had already occurred on the line and that the disaster is upending the campaign for the snap legislative elections, Le Monde reports.
Three taxi drivers killed in Cape Town shootingsThree taxi drivers were killed and four other people injured in separate shootings in Khayelitsha and Philippi East, Cape Town, according to South African police cited by SABC News. A provincial taxi unit investigation is under way, while a suspect was arrested with a firearm and ammunition.The week in Africa
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