By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Observ'Algérie and BFMTV
Abdel-Kader Guerza, mayor of Dreux, in Eure-et-Loir, France, died on 14 November 2026 at the age of 69, eight months after his election in March. Born in Algeria in 1957 and arriving in France at the age of 8, he was a hospital director and then prefect before entering local politics, according to ObservAlgérie.
Burkina had repatriated 45,406 people expelled from Guinea by 12 November 2026, including 9,852 children and 1,102 women, according to Lefaso.net. The fifth convoy, which arrived the same day, enabled a further 8,270 people to be registered.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Lefaso.net ·
Israel killed Samir Abu Younis, commander of Hamas’s Rafah brigade, on Saturday 14 November in a strike in Al-Mawasi, southern Gaza, according to Al Jazeera. Hamas confirmed his death the following day, after Israel said it had targeted a senior military official without identifying him. Abu Younis was 53.
🇮🇱 Israel · Source: Al Jazeera ·
Emmanuelle Mignon, who headed Nicolas Sarkozy’s office at the Élysée, compared Teddy Riner’s visit to Delafontaine hospital in Saint-Denis with the world of ‘Tintin in the Congo’. She made the remarks on France Inter on Saturday 14 November, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
🇫🇷 France · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
Michel Destot, Socialist mayor of Grenoble from 1995 to 2014 and deputy for Isère from 1988 to 2017, died on Saturday 14 November aged 80. The city council announced the news, hailing him as a 'figure of history' for the city, while former president François Hollande paid tribute to him on X.
🇫🇷 France · Source: BFMTV ·
Bahrain intercepts several Iranian missiles and dronesBahrain says it intercepted several Iranian missiles and drones before they reached their targets. The interceptions come as talks aimed at ending the conflict between Iran, the United States and Israel remain without decisive progress, according to Bahraini authorities cited by Sowetan.
Peller and Jarvis announce they are expecting a boy in NigeriaNigerian content creators Peller and Jarvis have announced they are expecting a boy, revealing the sex of their unborn child in a video. The couple presented the upcoming birth as the fulfilment of a long-held hope of becoming parents, in a message posted with the video.The week in Africa
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