By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has sent 2,000 soldiers to Haiti, officially to find four technicians who went missing near Port-au-Prince. The unprecedented deployment comes amid the fight against gangs and could complicate the arrangement put in place by the UN, Le Monde reports.
The Israeli government has asked Washington for permission to strike Iranian energy facilities, which have so far been spared, according to Israeli public broadcaster Kan. The request comes as the United States and Israel consider new military options after the US midterm elections, the Israeli media outlet reports.
🇮🇱 Israel · Source: Zambian Observer ·
The DR Congo Council of State has ordered the dissolution of the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD), founded in 2002 by former president Joseph Kabila. The decision was handed down after a hearing held on 30 October, Actualite.cd reports.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
Cameroonian Minister of External Relations Lejeune Mbella Mbella represented President Paul Biya at the third Russia-Africa summit, held in Moscow on 28 and 29 October 2026. His participation was part of the meeting between Russia and African countries, reports Journal du Cameroun.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Journal du Cameroun ·
Israeli President Isaac Herzog could seek to bring the parties closer to form a unity government after elections produced no Knesset majority. The option recalls the role played by his father, Chaim Herzog, in a similar situation 42 years earlier, according to Le Monde.
🇮🇱 Israel · Source: Le Monde ·
Eight sentenced to life in UAE over arms trafficking to Sudanese armyThe Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal sentenced eight people to life imprisonment for allegedly organising an arms and ammunition trafficking operation intended for the Sudanese army. Several other defendants received three-year sentences, two were acquitted and six companies were penalised, according to The Arab Weekly, cited by Radio Tamazuj.
Libya and Tunisia prepare for 23rd joint commissionLibyan and Tunisian officials discussed preparations in Tripoli for an experts’ meeting scheduled for 10 and 11 November in Tunis. The meeting is to prepare for the 23rd session of the Libyan-Tunisian High Joint Commission, according to Libya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The week in Africa
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