By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is sending a mission to Haiti to recover four soldiers reported missing. According to analysts cited by Le Monde, the operation could also allow him to export his model of ruthless fight against crime.
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 ·
Fourteen migrants died after their boat sank about 28 kilometres from the port of Kaloi Limenes, in southern Crete, according to Greek coast guard sources cited by Reuters. Eighteen people survived, four of whom were hospitalised, and the authorities cite strong winds among the difficulties encountered at sea.
🇬🇷 Greece · Source: Sowetan ·
Nvidia and its chief executive Jensen Huang are the target of a class action by shareholders, who accuse them of fraud for concealing their ties to a person suspected of Chinese espionage, according to France 24. Steve Tsang, of the SOAS China Institute, believes the case could also aim to get Huang to pressure the US government.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: France 24 ·
Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz discussed the succession of Christine Lagarde as president of the European Central Bank, with Pablo Hernández de Cos and Klaas Knot among the candidates. European leaders must also appoint two other members of the executive board, according to Le Monde.
🇫🇷 France · Source: Le Monde ·
Bangladesh refuses new passport to Sheikh Hasina, labelled a 'terrorist'The Bangladeshi government has rejected a request by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a new passport and identity card to return home. Dhaka describes her as a fugitive criminal and a terrorist, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
Mbeki urges ANC to put survival first after local election defeatFormer president Thabo Mbeki calls on the ANC to put its institutional survival ahead of keeping its municipal positions, after scoring 30.76% in the 4 November local elections, its worst result in a local poll. He speaks as the party's national executive committee must set its coalition strategy, according to TimesLIVE.The week in Africa
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