By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
Nearly 80 bodies were found under the rubble in Jabalia, where Palestinians held collective funerals on Saturday 14 November after Israeli strikes. The European Union also expressed concern over the worsening humanitarian crisis, particularly after floods, according to Defi Media.
Portugal is the European Union country where housing prices have risen the most relative to household incomes between 2015 and 2025, with an increase of 60.8%, according to Le Monde. Thousands of people protested on Saturday in more than 30 cities to demand more affordable rents and greater protection amid the housing crisis.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Source: Le Monde ·
The Kenyan government has asked 1.5 million people to leave their homes and seek higher ground amid flood risks linked to a “super El Niño”. The phenomenon is expected from October to December, with a peak forecast in November, according to Africanews.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Africanews ·
On Saturday 14 November, marches wound through Paris, Nantes and Lyon, with 106,000 people taking part across France, including 24,000 in Paris. These demonstrations, which bring the movement in the country to a close, were accompanied by a few incidents, according to BFMTV.
🇫🇷 France · Source: BFMTV ·
Ivory Coast plans nearly CFA 342 billion to improve healthcare provision and access in 2027, from a health budget of CFA 954.7 billion. The funds will notably finance facilities, medicines, vaccines and training, according to minister Pierre N’Gou Dimba.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Bénin Web TV ·
Macron says Le Pen would isolate France over UkraineAccording to his entourage quoted by BFMTV, Emmanuel Macron believes a decision by Marine Le Pen to cut all aid to Ukraine if she became president in 2027 would isolate France in Europe. The head of state stresses that most European funding goes to Kyiv and that French aid remains mainly operational.
A 17-year-old student killed by a mayor’s vehicle in LubaA 17-year-old, Emilia Mekina Edu, died after being struck by the vehicle of Musola urban district mayor Jaime Alfaro Ndjemua near GEPetrol facilities in Luba. The driver was arrested, according to Real Equatorial Guinea.The week in Africa
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