By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 24heureinfo
Nigerian journalist Farida Isiak has been freed after a court overturned her four-year prison sentence. The decision ends her imprisonment, reports 24heureinfo.
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Ogun State police in Nigeria rescued 11 Ghanaians, seven men and four women, held against their will in Sagamu after they were lured by false promises of visas for Canada and Spain. Each had reportedly paid 40,000 cedis before being taken to Nigeria, according to police, who are continuing their search for the suspects.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: MyJoyOnline ·
Swiss pilot David Noël Pérez appeared before an investigating judge in Abidjan on 21 October 2026 in a case involving nearly two million dollars in undeclared cash. He was detained on 8 August as he was preparing to leave Ivory Coast, after the money was found in his luggage during a customs inspection, Connection Ivoirienne reports.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Connection Ivoirienne ·
Liibaan Axmed Xasan has been elected president of Galmudug, a federal member state of Somalia, in a vote held in Dhuusamareeb. He takes over as head of the regional administration after a lengthy campaign, Caasimada Online reports.
🇸🇴 Somalia · Source: Caasimada Online ·
New clashes between Oromo and Somali communities have erupted in Moyale, on the Kenya-Ethiopia border, after the disputed death of a 13-year-old girl. Several buildings were set on fire and residents were reportedly injured, while shops and schools closed, Kenyans reports.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Kenyans ·
Nigerian experts call for better follow-up after cancer treatmentSpecialists meeting in Abuja said people who have recovered from cancer still face fear of recurrence, stigma and complications, and called for psychological and family support after treatment. The recommendations were made at a meeting organised by the African Medical Centre of Excellence with King’s College Hospital London and Project PINK BLUE, Businessday reports.
Gambia electoral commission to publish final voters’ list next weekThe Gambian electoral commission plans to publish the final voters’ list next week, after magistrates review the registers, its chair Joseph Colley announced. Checks of entries from the 2026 supplementary registration are intended to remove names not retained before the final electorate figures are set, according to the commission, cited by Kerr Fatou.The week in Africa
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