By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lebrief
The Moroccan Consumer Protection Observatory is calling for compensation for citizens, traders and professionals affected by the power cut that hit Casablanca and its region on Wednesday. The organisation cites compensation for material and economic losses when the legal conditions are met, according to Lebrief.
Raja Casablanca officially handed its first team to Abdelkrim Jinani on Thursday 12 November 2026, after a convincing interim spell. The Moroccan coach is tied to the club for one season, with an option to extend for another year, according to Lebrief.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Lebrief ·
A power outage affected several Casablanca neighbourhoods and areas of Bouskoura and Nouaceur on Wednesday 11 November 2026, after an incident on four very-high-voltage lines on the ONEE network. Power was progressively restored, with full power supply to the affected source substations restored at 20:54, reports Libération (Morocco).
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Lebrief ·
Cameroonian electricity company SOCADEL has cancelled a CFA36.7 billion tender for the supply of heavy fuel oil to the Limbé, Dibamba, Oyomabang and Logbaba power plants. The notice signed on 9 November cites the need to review fuel reception and storage conditions, according to its director general Oumarou Hamandjoda.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Investir au Cameroun ·
Young people from communities hosting Gold Fields Ghana’s mine in Tarkwa are demanding better terms for the renewal of its mining concession. They made the request on 11 November at a press conference, according to 3News.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: 3News ·
AFCON 2027: Morocco lead Niger 3-1 at half-timeMorocco lead Niger 3-1 at half-time in their AFCON 2027 qualifier at Casablanca’s Mohammed V Stadium, thanks to a brace from Achraf Hakimi and a goal by Yassir Zabiri. Goalkeeper Yassine Bounou saved a penalty in the 45th minute, according to Mountakhab.net.
Tunisia’s power deficit could reach 2,800 MW in 2027The president of the National Chamber of Photovoltaic Equipment Installers and Maintainers, Ali Kenzari, told Express FM that Tunisia may not complete its power projects before summer 2027, as demand grows by 5% a year and installed capacity stands at 6,000 MW. He estimates the deficit could reach 2,800 MW in 2027, compared with 2,000 to 2,500 MW during peaks the previous year.The week in Africa
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