By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Nearly 200 PPA-CI activists detained since the October 2025 presidential election violence have been released in Ivory Coast. The release comes four days after the death of a sixth detainee at the former MACA, according to Linfodrome.
Atcho Kraidi Arnaud, a PPA-CI activist, died on 6 November 2026 in custody at the former MACA in Abidjan, bringing to six the number of party activists who have died in prison since October 2025. The PPA-CI, which announced his death in a statement signed by Patrice Kouté, is calling for an investigation into the deaths and a review of pre-trial detentions, according to Tchadinfos.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Tchadinfos ·
Ivory Coast recorded 14,784 road accidents and 1,307 deaths on its roads in 2025, according to figures recalled in Abidjan-Port-Bouët at the opening of the third annual CEOs’ summit of Kenya Reinsurance Corporation. The two-day meeting brings together African insurers, reinsurers and regulators on victim protection and compensation, reports L’Intelligent d’Abidjan.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L'Intelligent d'Abidjan ·
The Abidjan-Plateau Court of First Instance sentenced Cahié Kakou Guy Joël, known as Cahié Kunta, president of the Les Chapeaux Rouges movement, to three months in prison on 5 November 2026 for disturbing public order and spreading false news. Detained since 27 October, he had drawn attention through videos denouncing the high cost of living, according to Bénin Web TV.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Bénin Web TV ·
A fire ravaged a six-room residence overnight in the Morofé district of Yamoussoukro, killing a two-year-old child. The fire broke out between Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November 2026, according to Linfodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
Ivory Coast health ministry secures 954.73 billion CFA francs for 2027Ivorian MPs on the Economic and Financial Affairs Committee have adopted the 2027 budgets of three ministries, including Health, for a total of 1,059.94 billion CFA francs. Health receives 954.73 billion alone, up 20.6%, to complete several hospitals, according to AIP.
Senegal budget rejection: Ibn Bachir Ndao fears IMF deadlockSenegalese commentator Ibn Bachir Ndao says the rejection of the 2026 supplementary finance bill by 109 votes to 20 complicates budget implementation and weakens negotiations with the IMF over 2.2 billion dollars in financing. In reflections published by Exclusif, he calls for transparency on the figures and reconciliation between the government and opposition, according to Senego.The week in Africa
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