By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Anacao
This article continues the reflection on the sidelining of merit in organisations. It reports the widespread perception among many citizens over the past decade that political proximity, friendship, personal loyalty or favouritism have sometimes taken precedence over competence and experience.
Emmanuel Macron is due to meet student organisations on Friday, while the Prime Minister meets trade unions on Wednesday to discuss securing demonstrations and responding to students’ demands. The mobilisation is calling, in particular, for absent teachers to be replaced and for more resources, L’Essentiel reports, citing AFP.
🌍 World · Source: L’essentiel ·
In Georgia, Democratic activists are seeking to mobilise more Black voters in response to redistricting and a state election law that could reduce their political influence. France 24 reports that this mobilisation continues the civil rights struggle, of which Atlanta was a major centre.
🌍 World · Source: France 24 ·
A week before Israel’s parliamentary elections, supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu, including 60-year-old Daniela Hermon, defend the outgoing prime minister and say they will vote for him. They cite his experience, firm security stance and recent backing from Donald Trump, L’essentiel reports.
🌍 World · Source: L’essentiel ·
Emmanuel Macron announces new bans or restrictions on demonstrations in France following violence, looting and damage on 17 October. The French president is due to convene a defence council on Friday to decide measures concerning nationwide rallies planned for Saturday, Citizen reports.
🌍 World · Source: Citizen ·
Gambia’s Bensouda backs peaceful protests without a permitGambian presidential candidate Talib Ahmed Bensouda says citizens can organise peaceful demonstrations outside State House without police authorisation. At a Coalition 2026 rally in Banjul, the UNITE leader invoked constitutional freedoms of assembly and expression, according to Kerr Fatou.The week in Africa
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