By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
The 2026 Ibrahim Index finds that economic progress and increased access to the internet in Africa are accompanied by deteriorating security and freedoms in 25 countries. Mo Ibrahim Foundation executive director Nathalie Delapalme detailed this contrast to RFI after the index was published on Saturday 31 October.
Kenyan police deny imposing a curfew in Likoni after the death of a county enforcement officer and the wounding of a police officer on 26 October. Security forces are still searching for the AK-47 rifle that went missing during the incident, according to Tuko.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Tuko ·
Two months after his disappearance in Niamey, Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka remains detained and has been unable to meet either his family or his lawyer. Human rights and journalists' organisations are renewing calls for his release, RFI reports.
🇳🇪 Niger · Source: RFI ·
Ukraine is requesting an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after Russian strikes that reportedly killed 20 civilians in Dnipro, Chernihiv and Kremenchuk. Ukraine’s representative to the United Nations, Andri Melnyk, announced the initiative, according to Le Monde.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Source: Le Monde ·
A fragile calm returned on 31 October to Burubi, between Kibati and Kashebere, in Walikale territory, North Kivu, after clashes between the Wazalendo and the Front for the Refounding of the Nation (FRN). The situation remained fragile the day after the fighting, reports Actualité.cd.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
Family of missing Tunisian seeks visas after Spanish crashYassine Jaouadi, a 23-year-old Tunisian living in Berlin, has been missing since the 28 October rail collision in Urda, Spain. His family says it is facing difficulties obtaining visas to take part in the search and identification, with a deadline set for 18 November, according to Webdo and testimony broadcast by Antena 3.
Omar Radi targeted by mercenary spywareMoroccan journalist Omar Radi received an Apple alert reporting a targeted intrusion attempt using mercenary spyware. The alert reportedly targeted his journalistic work, while Spanish journalist Ignacio Cembrero relayed the information and recalled Radi’s previous compromises, according to Maghreb Emergent.The week in Africa
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