By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Yemen’s authorities are pulling their soldiers back from the Bab al-Mandab area towards Aden, a city itself exposed to the Houthis. The withdrawal allows the Houthis to consolidate their grip on the strait, which they have already controlled along the entire western coastline since a lightning offensive in September, according to Le Monde.
Ukrainian drones targeted the industrial zone of Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan on Sunday, where a fire hit a petrochemical plant belonging to the Russian group Sibur. Authorities in Tatarstan report three injured, while the port city of Taganrog was also struck, according to Russian and Ukrainian media.
🇷🇺 Russia · Source: BFMTV ·
Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim to have destroyed 73 US drones since the conflict began, including 17 MQ-1s and 56 MQ-9s. The latest MQ-1 was reportedly shot down on 14 November over Iran’s Qeshm Island, near the Strait of Hormuz; the figure is unverified and Washington has not confirmed losses on this scale, according to the Zambian Observer.
🇮🇷 Iran · Source: Zambian Observer ·
Madrid has declared a migration emergency in the Canary Islands, where more than 9,000 people have arrived since the start of November. On Saturday alone, 1,488 migrants were rescued at sea from 14 boats, a daily record since 2020, according to Al Jazeera.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: Al Jazeera ·
Green MP Sandrine Rousseau said she learned from journalists that she was on a Trappes terrorist’s list, without being informed by the government. She criticised the executive for not taking threats against left-wing elected officials seriously, according to BFMTV.
🇫🇷 France · Source: BFMTV ·
Estonia closes Russian border after sabotage attributed to GRUEstonia is closing its border with Russia in response to an attempted arson attack on defence company Threod Systems, which it attributes to Russian military intelligence. Prime Minister Kristen Michal states on X that the damage was prevented and the assailants are in custody.The week in Africa
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