By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Ivorian rapper Didi B has declined his nomination for the 2026 Primud awards and therefore does not appear in any category. Molare, promoter of the ceremony devoted to urban music and entertainment, explained the withdrawal, reports L’Infodrome.
Ivory Coast’s Ministry of the Civil Service and Administrative Modernisation launched a workshop in Jacqueville on 19 October 2026 on drafting and using job descriptions. The High Authority for Good Governance is supporting this awareness-raising initiative, L’Infodrome reports.
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The AURKO Foundation handed out 300 helmets to two- and three-wheel vehicle drivers in Botro, Ivory Coast, to help prevent road accidents. The ceremony was held on 17 October 2026 at the Nanan Totokra centre, in the presence of authorities and transport sector representatives, L’Infodrome reports.
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A monument dedicated to Thomas Sankara was inaugurated on 24 October 2026 in Rome’s third arrondissement. The two-metre-high steel work was donated by Madi Sakande and created by Burkinabè artist Hamed Sékou Ouattara, L’Infodrome reports.
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S. T. A. D., nicknamed “Doctor Tanoh”, was referred to the Ivorian justice system on 20 October 2026 in a case involving cosmetic buttock injections, one of which allegedly led to a patient's death. The Economic Police have also registered several complaints against him, L’Infodrome reports.
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Maghreb de Fès eliminate ASEC to reach CAF Champions League group stageMaghreb de Fès beat ASEC Mimosas 2-1 in Abidjan on 25 October 2026 to qualify for the group stage of the CAF Champions League. After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, the Moroccan club won 3-2 on aggregate and returned to the competition after 14 years away.
La Masia beat RTI 2-1 in Maracana final in OuagadougouLa Masia won the Maracana tournament final 2-1 against RTI, played at Ouaga 2000 as part of the African Music Meetings. Forty-five teams took part in the competition, whose final was held on 24 October 2026, reports Burkina 24.The week in Africa
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