By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Aujourd’hui le Maroc
Moroccan festival Jazzablanca has been nominated in two categories at the 2026 Heavent Festivals Awards: best international festival and best VIP area. The winners will be announced on 18 November during the Heavent Paris trade fair, and festivalgoers can vote for the festival on the awards platform, reports Aujourd’hui le Maroc.
Several roads in Casablanca will be closed to vehicles on Sunday 25 October, from 6am to 1pm, according to two routes for the Casablanca International Marathon. The measure follows municipal order No. 489/2026 and applies to vehicles of all categories, reports Lebrief.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Lebrief ·
Bee Executive won the FESTIPUB 2026 Grand Prix, a competition featuring 187 projects from Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde. Born was named agency of the year in Angola and Golo in Mozambique, while the event programme ran from 21 to 23 October with conferences and workshops, Expansão reports.
🇦🇴 Angola · Source: Expansao ·
Consumer prices in Morocco rose by 1% in September 2026 compared with the previous month, driven by a 1.6% increase in food prices and a 0.4% rise in non-food products. Year on year, they increased by 0.5%, according to Morocco’s High Commission for Planning, which noted in particular a 9.4% annual increase in transport.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Yabiladi ·
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.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: L’Infodrome ·
Five Moroccan fishermen missing off SafiFive fishermen are missing after their boat, the Lalla Khadija, disappeared off Safi, Morocco. The Moroccan Maritime Fisheries Ministry has mobilised patrol boats, ships and two helicopters to search for them, with the operation hampered by bad weather and rough seas, according to its statement.
Tunisia to match Paris time from SundayTunisia will match Paris time from Sunday 25 October 2026, after mainland France returns to winter time. The one-hour difference will disappear until France’s next clock change, scheduled for 28 March 2027, according to TunisiaOnlineNews.The week in Africa
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