By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bamada.net
Macina health district recorded 449 pregnant women during the last quarter, 143 of whom gave birth by caesarean section. One woman died after complications linked to haemorrhaging. The data were reviewed at the quarterly meeting on monitoring maternal deaths.
One person died and three men were rescued after a two-storey building under construction collapsed in Lagos. Searches continued for possible victims under the rubble, according to the Lagos State emergency management agency.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Leadership ·
The Malian army says it put 4,880 fighters out of action between May and 20 October, destroyed 162 bases, 315 pick-ups and 1,300 motorbikes. Colonel-Major Bakary Bocar Maïga also reported 1,887 surveillance missions and 791 strikes at the 23 October military press briefing.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
In Mali, 724 recruits of the Malian Armed Forces have completed six months of basic training at Air Base 101 in Sénou, including 125 women. Enlisted on 12 April 2026, they received military and civic instruction, according to Bamada.net.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Bamada.net ·
The Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are coordinating epidemiological surveillance and preventive measures against Ebola. Health officials from the two countries are due to meet in Bangui on 22 and 23 October to organise the response, according to Radio Ndeke Luka.
🇨🇫 Central African Republic · Source: Radiondekeluka ·
Malian police arrest two suspects over terrorist fuel supplies in KayesMalian police arrested two men suspected of supplying fuel to terrorist armed groups in Kayes on 16 and 18 October 2026. Investigators are seeking to establish the scale of the network and identify any accomplices, according to Mali Actu.
Guinean academic dies in accident in DubrékaAmadou Bah, deputy director-general in charge of studies at the Mory Kanté Higher Institute of Arts, died after a road accident in Kénendé, on the Dubréka-Kagbelen road. He died of his injuries at Dubréka prefectural hospital, according to colleagues cited by Mosaiqueguinee.com.The week in Africa
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