By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actu Cameroun
Cameroonian authorities ordered the temporary closure and sealing of the Metafrique Steel factory in Douala-Bassa, the day after a fire that killed four people. The measure came after the explosion at the site, according to Actu Cameroun.
An explosion followed by a fire at the Metafrique Steel factory in Douala on 2 November killed four people and injured 16, according to the Journal du Cameroun, Africanews and RFI. The Journal du Cameroun placed the incident at around 7.30am, Africanews at around 7am, while RFI said the injured were in a serious condition. The Littoral governor referred to failures to comply with safety rules and the possibility of closure, according to Africanews.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Journal du Cameroun ·
Rescuers have found a second woman’s body under the rubble of a collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, bringing the provisional toll to two dead and four survivors. The search for trapped people continues with a multi-agency team, according to Kenya’s National Police Service.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Capital FM ·
Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria and the Central African Republic are strengthening cooperation in the face of cholera, Ebola and mpox. Representatives of the four countries met in Douala to coordinate the health response, Actu Cameroun reports.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Actu Cameroun ·
From his cell, Olivier Bibou Nissack, a leading figure in the Cameroon Renaissance Movement, has filed a complaint for “treason”. The move comes amid an internal conflict pitting several party officials against one another, according to Actu Cameroun.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Actu Cameroun ·
META Energy solar kits cost 18% more than Socadel in CameroonMETA Energy’s residential solar package theoretically costs 132.67 CFA francs per kilowatt-hour over 10 years, about 18% more than Socadel’s comparable residential tariff, the Cameroonian electricity company. The calculation is based on daily production of 13.4 kWh and full consumption of this energy throughout the contract, according to Investir au Cameroun, which reported the offer’s launch in Yaoundé on 27 October 2026.
Ebola in DRC: 10,467 cases and 5,103 deaths recordedThe Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 5,103 people and caused 10,467 infections, according to the National Institute of Public Health, cited by Jornal F8 and Rádio Moçambique. The two media outlets report 45 deaths in the past 24 hours; Jornal F8 also reports 53 new cases. Ituri accounts for 70.8% of cases and the epidemic has surpassed the 2018–2020 toll.The week in Africa
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