By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 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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Iran’s Parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi’s appointment as defence minister on 18 October 2026. The career engineer takes charge of the ministry eight months after senior Iranian officers were killed in the February 2026 conflict, reports Journal du Niger.
🌍 World · Source: Journalduniger ·
Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicrafts is holding fire prevention training in Abidjan for 100 SMEs from 19 to 23 October 2026. Participants will study risk identification, prevention measures and emergency procedures as part of a programme run by the Directorate-General for Industry with DAICE support, the AIP reports.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Aip ·
The New Alliance of General Directorate of Taxes Staff (ANADGI) has welcomed recent appointments in the Ivorian tax administration and announced a new campaign to secure the departure of retired staff. The union presents these promotions as support for revenue mobilisation at year-end, according to its statement published in Abidjan on 15 October 2026.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Connection Ivoirienne ·
The Philosophy Department of Félix Houphouët-Boigny University devoted its formal opening of the academic year to the relevance of concepts inherited from ancient Greece. The meeting took place on 14 October 2026 in the university auditorium in Abidjan, the Ivorian Press Agency reports.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Aip ·
Senegal and Ivory Coast consider broader cooperation in digital technology and securitySenegal and Ivory Coast are considering expanding their cooperation to include digital technology, security, cultural and creative industries, sport and regional integration. These areas were discussed during the working visit to Ivory Coast by Senegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Alhaminou Lô, Lesoleil reports.
Gambia’s Almameh Gibba rules out joining Barrow’s partyAlmameh Gibba, National Assembly Member for Foni Kansala and candidate for the No To Alliance Movement, says his movement has nationwide support, not only in the Foni region. In an interview with West Coast Radio, he also ruled out joining President Barrow’s ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party, according to Kerr Fatou.The week in Africa
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