By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
The German government has reached an agreement in principle with the shareholder family of KNDS to buy back its 50% stake in the Franco-German land armaments group. Berlin will thus control the company on an equal footing with the French state, which already owns the other half, according to Le Monde.
The Malagasy government has authorised Jirama to directly purchase 18 MW of diesel generator sets and transformers from TWCM Holding Co. Ltd. Another decree provides for the expropriation of Madagascar Utilities transformers for transfer to Toamasina, while 56 sites have already been equipped in six months, according to Energy Minister Radonirina Lucas Rabearimanga.
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Source: L'Express de Madagascar ·
Plus de 250 rassemblements ont eu lieu en France lors d'une journée de grève nationale, la CGT revendiquant 1,57 million de manifestants contre 600 000 selon les autorités, dont 350 000 à Paris. Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu a convoqué une conférence sociale le 9 novembre sur le pouvoir d'achat et les salaires, selon La Presse de Tunisie.
🇫🇷 France · Source: La Presse de Tunisie ·
The Ghanaian government and the World Bank will fund a $250 million programme to modernise agricultural infrastructure and strengthen food security. The agreement, signed in Accra, should benefit around 150,000 smallholders in the north of the country, according to the Ministry of Finance.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: Lusaka Times ·
The Mozambican government has announced that fares for Maputo's semi-collective minibuses will remain unchanged from 7 November, after an agreement with FEMATRO, the road hauliers' federation. Operators will receive a monthly compensation of 25,000 to 90,000 meticais per vehicle for three months, according to O País.
🇲🇿 Mozambique · Source: O País ·
L'Iran demande des S-400 russes à Poutine, selon un responsable iranienL'Iran chercherait à obtenir des systèmes de défense antiaérienne S-400 auprès de la Russie, selon un responsable iranien cité par le Telegraph. La demande serait au cœur d'une lettre remise le 5 novembre à Vladimir Poutine par Mohsen Rezaei, secrétaire du Conseil suprême de sécurité nationale, au nom du guide suprême. Téhéran veut reconstruire ses défenses après les frappes américaines et israéliennes.
Kinshasa: roadblocks resume on 9 NovemberThe Kinshasa Vehicle Impound and Technical Inspection Authority announces the resumption of roadblocks on the main arteries of the capital from Monday 9 November 2026, after a period of tolerance.The week in Africa
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