By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ivoire Actu
Ivory Coast’s National Institute of Public Hygiene requires travellers arriving from countries in the African Region to register online before a stay or transit in Ivory Coast, then present a health pass with a QR code at the border. The measure extends across Africa an obligation previously limited to travellers from the DRC and Uganda, according to an INHP note dated 26 October 2026.
Temporarily stormy rain was expected on the evening of 29 October 2026 in northern Tunisia and several central and southern regions. Night-time temperatures were expected to range between 16 and 21 degrees, according to the National Institute of Meteorology.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Source: Business News ·
About 10,000 domestic animals are to receive free rabies vaccinations in Man, Ivory Coast, from 22 to 28 October 2026. Fixed stations and mobile teams are being deployed under a national plan aimed at eliminating human deaths from rabies by 2030, according to AIP.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: AIP ·
Simone Gbagbo, president of the Movement of Capable Generations, is calling on the Ivorian government and the president to immediately open talks with the opposition on the new electoral body. She also criticised the authorities’ response to the opposition’s call for dialogue on Thursday 22 October 2026, according to L’Infodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
A passenger bus travelling from Bamako to Kéniéba overturned on Thursday 29 October 2026 on the road between Kati and Samè, Mali. The provisional toll is one dead and 35 seriously injured, as well as several people with minor injuries, according to L’Indicateur du Renouveau.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Bamada.net ·
Ivory Coast wants urbanisation to drive job creationIvorian Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé championed urbanisation as a driver of growth and jobs, as more than half the country’s population lives in cities. He highlighted needs in infrastructure, mobility and affordable housing at the launch in Abidjan on 29 October 2026 of a World Bank report on urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa.
NDC calls for official Ebola situation report in NigeriaThe Nigerian Democratic Congress is asking the federal government to publish a situation report on the Ebola threat and inform the public about prevention measures. Its leader Henry Seriake Dickson says it is too early to assess any possible effect on the 2027 election and urges federal and state authorities to strengthen preparedness, according to This Day.The week in Africa
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