By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
DR Congo and Congo-Brazzaville launched a cholera vaccination campaign on 3 November on both sides of the Congo River. The operation aims to immunise two million people in the coming weeks, while the WHO counted 60,000 cases in DR Congo at the end of October.
An allocation of 210 million CDF is to enable the finalisation of pay for public administration officials and executives in Kinshasa, including arrears from December 2025 and February to April 2026. The regularisation operation will begin on 9 November at two sites, according to the public administration inter-union body.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Le Potentiel ·
Hariri International Clinic launched a campaign in N’Djamena on 7 November for 3,000 free dengue screening tests. The operation, accompanied by awareness and referral of suspected cases, runs until 14 November 2026, according to Alwihda Info.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: Alwihda Info ·
A canoe accident on Lake Togo on 8 November 2026 left two of the 17 people on board missing, while 15 were rescued. The search involves firefighters, coastguards, police, gendarmerie and civil protection, according to Togo’s Security Ministry.
🇹🇬 Togo · Source: Togotopnews ·
A 62-year-old man died and 11 people were injured, two seriously, in a building fire in Guadarrama, near Madrid, on 8 November 2026. Two seriously injured victims, including a girl, were hospitalised in Madrid, according to regional emergency services.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: Bénin Web TV ·
Trump's midterm defeat deprives Tshisekedi of his support in WashingtonThe Democrats' victory in the midterm elections of 3 November 2026 deprives Félix Tshisekedi of his main support in Washington, as Congress prepares to investigate the contracts and intermediaries of the Congolese regime. The bet by the DR Congo president on Donald Trump, built on emissaries such as Massad Boulos, is turning into a political dead end, according to Camer.be.
33rd Chinese medical mission takes over in CongoThe 33rd Chinese medical mission took over from the 32nd at a ceremony held in Brazzaville on 7 November, continuing health cooperation between China and Congo. Chinese ambassador An Qing called on the new team to continue its activities with patients, according to ACI.The week in Africa
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