By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
North Korea conducted air-defence missile tests the day after the US midterm elections. Pyongyang presents the manoeuvres as a show of force, a type of test it regularly carries out around US elections, according to Le Monde.
US President Donald Trump says the United States destroyed an Iranian air-defence installation on Qeshm Island. He described the strike as a limited defensive operation carried out after Iranian surface-to-air missile fire at US military assets, according to Fox News, CNN and NewsNation.
🇮🇷 Iran · Source: La Presse de Tunisie ·
The United States carried out strikes against Iran ahead of the US midterm elections, while five explosions were reported on an Iranian island. Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported the explosions on Monday, according to Premium Times.
🇮🇷 Iran · Source: Premium Times ·
Fourteen Nigerian-Americans won US midterm elections, securing seats in state assemblies and local offices across several states. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chair of the Nigerian diaspora commission, congratulated them on Wednesday, according to Punch, praising their success and leadership.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: Punch ·
Iran’s negotiator in talks with Washington says American voters said no to war after the Republican defeat in the midterm elections. Iran’s Parliament president, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, repeated this message while warning Washington, according to the BBC.
🇮🇷 Iran · Source: Nile Post ·
Bavarian minister Hubert Aiwanger found dead in BerlinHubert Aiwanger, 55, Bavaria’s economy minister and the regional leader of the Free Voters, was found dead in a hotel room in Berlin. Police and prosecutors are investigating to establish the cause of death and determine whether a third party was involved, according to Berlin authorities.The week in Africa
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