By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on N'Djaména Actu
The Association of Mahoua Youth installed its new 22-member executive board on 1 November 2026, chaired by Amine Karifene Kodo. The ceremony followed the association’s fourth elective general assembly and was held at the National Library, N'Djaména Actu reports.
The Markaz Mosque morgue in N’Djamena recorded more than 300 bodies in October 2026, fewer than 20 of them linked to accidents. A manager said most deaths were likely from natural causes and that the facility prepares at least seven bodies for each prayer period, reports N’Djamena Actu.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: Alwihda Info ·
Allute Lissu Mughwai, brother of Tanzanian opposition figure Tundu Lissu, died in Arusha on Sunday 1 November 2026. The daily newspaper The Citizen reported his death in a brief published that day.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Source: The Citizen ·
Chad, Burkina Faso and Niger are coordinating their vaccination campaigns against peste des petits ruminants and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia. The meeting opened in N’Djamena on 29 October 2026, with support from the Regional Project to Support Pastoralism in the Sahel, Toumaï Web Médias reports.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: Toumaï Web Médias ·
The N’Djamena Court of First Instance has adjourned until 12 November the trial of defendants charged over a home attack. The defence disputes the authenticity and evidential value of CCTV footage, leading proceedings to be suspended at the 29 October hearing, reports Alwihda Info.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: Alwihda Info ·
Chadian teachers demand pay and better school resourcesIn Chad, teachers describe overcrowded classrooms, a lack of textbooks and deteriorating rooms, while some salaries and allowances remain insufficient. Abdoulaye Mahamat Saleh and Assan Hadji Kalssou are notably calling for higher pay and reimbursement of withheld amounts, Alwihda Info reports.
Nzapalainga discusses future of school in NdjoCardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga met parents of pupils at Saint-Hubert School in Ndjo, where children’s involvement in mining and farming activities is affecting attendance. Parents pledged to encourage their children to attend regularly, Centra News reports.The week in Africa
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