By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Californian voters rejected by referendum on 3 November a one-off 5% tax targeting billionaires, according to results announced overnight from Monday to Tuesday. Following the Democrats' victory in the midterms, the debate on taxing great fortunes is expected to return to the forefront, according to Le Monde.
Soldiers of Operation Enduring Peace repelled an attack by suspected Fulani militiamen on 8 November in Lakkas, in the Mangu area of Plateau State. One person was killed and a woman shot and wounded, according to security sources cited by Zagazola Makama on X.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Daily Post ·
The Paris department store BHV Marais had to close abruptly on Monday, with management citing an administrative regularisation linked to an insurance problem. According to management, the shop should reopen as early as the next day, while unions fear a permanent closure.
🇫🇷 France · Source: Tunisia Online ·
Madagascar's Ministry of Energy and Hydrocarbons has handed the Antananarivo Urban Commune six hundred Cobra-type street lamps at a ceremony on Monday 9 November 2026 at the Analakely town hall. Three hundred will be distributed at fifty per district, and the other three hundred will be managed directly by the municipality, according to L'Express de Madagascar.
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Source: L'Express de Madagascar ·
According to testimony before the Madlanga Commission, former deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya allegedly threatened the wife of Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala to stop him revealing information about him. These threats appear in Matlala's statement, made public on Monday, under a plea agreement with the IDAC that has now been abandoned, according to the Sunday Times.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: TimesLIVE ·
COP31: Turkey seeks to enshrine a 35% global economy electrification targetTurkey, host of COP31 in Antalya, wants adoption of a target to electrify 35% of the global economy by 2035, compared with about a fifth today. Critics note the target does not require low-carbon electricity, according to SABCnews.com.
ANC boycotts South African Left Council meetingThe ANC, which won 30.7% of the national vote, will not take part on Wednesday in the Left Council meeting bringing together the SACP, the EFF and the MK party, according to its secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. The party is now centralising coalition talks in municipalities without a majority, according to Business Day.The week in Africa
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