By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
The humanitarian truce in force since the previous day in Olechky, an occupied city in Ukraine’s Kherson region, has been respected for a second consecutive day. The Russian and Ukrainian human rights ombudsmen confirmed this on Wednesday, as residents have faced shortages of food, water and medicines for months.
Russian computer scientist Yuri Belenky has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for funding collections for the Ukrainian army, according to TimesLIVE and Businessday. Russian justice authorities relied on his transaction history supplied by Binance to investigators, according to court documents seen by Reuters.
🇷🇺 Russia · Source: TimesLIVE ·
An independent international commission of inquiry on Ukraine calls the forced or deceptive recruitment of foreigners by the Russian army to send them to the front “human trafficking”. In a report submitted to the UN General Assembly on 26 October, it lists cases involving at least 29 countries, according to RFI.
🇷🇺 Russia · Source: RFI ·
Ambari Azali Assoumani, wife of Comorian President Azali Assoumani, was the victim of a theft on 24 October while she was on her way to a wedding at Nîmes town hall, France. La Gazette reported the incident, which was picked up by Comores Infos.
🇫🇷 France · Source: Comores Infos ·
A Russian drone attack injured five civilians in Kharkiv, including a four-year-old child, and triggered fires across 2,500 square metres. Emergency services intervened while the area remained exposed to further strikes, reports Africanews.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Source: Africanews ·
Putin call with Nordic leaders exposes European divisionsA 90-minute call between Vladimir Putin and the Finnish and Norwegian leaders exposed European divisions over the war in Ukraine. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticised a separate initiative by Finland and Norway, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.The week in Africa
Be the first to get our letter in English: the essentials from every region of the continent, free.
