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Bayern Munich host Arsenal on the third matchday of the Champions League league phase, with Jamal Musiala injured and Michael Olise suspended for the Bavarian side. Fasozine predicts Harry Kane up front for Bayern and Bukayo Saka in Arsenal's attacking trio, with the London club having to cope with several absences.
Source: Fasozine
Senegalese singers Titi and Aïda Samb reunited backstage at Youssou Ndour’s concert at Bercy on 17 October, after a period of tensions. They spoke and expressed their mutual admiration, Senenews reported.
Source: Senenews
South Africa believes US reprisals threaten its sovereignty, amid sharply deteriorating bilateral relations. Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya considers a revival of ties with Washington unlikely, according to The Namibian.
Source: The Namibian
The South African Lions and Sharks are looking to revive their United Rugby Championship campaigns after several defeats, with away matches against Edinburgh and Cardiff. The fixtures resume on Friday after a break for European competitions, IOL reports.
Source: IOL
After his 17 October 2026 concert at the Accor Arena, Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour met Guinean admirers. Guinea was the guest country at the Grand Bal de Bercy, Kawtef reports, describing a convivial exchange after the show.
Source: Senego
A Mombasa court found Paul Mackenzie and 28 co-defendants guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult who died in a sect that advocated fasting to “meet Jesus”. Judge Diana Kavedza Mochache rejected the defence that the victims had fasted voluntarily, three years after the first bodies were discovered in Kenya.
Source: L’essentiel
In Dakar, the foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger met their countries’ diasporas living in Senegal to hear their concerns. Discussions focused in particular on access to administrative documents, border difficulties and the professional circumstances of nationals, according to Alwihda Info.
Source: Alwihda Info
Frédéric Cholé, the French delegate responsible for local authorities and civil society, met public officials, local elected representatives and grassroots organisations in Togo from 12 to 15 October 2026. A statement published on 19 October by the French Embassy in Togo described the talks as a step in decentralised cooperation between the two countries.
Source: Togotopnews
The Bangui prosecutor’s office announced an investigation into the organisers of the «ville morte» day on 12 October 2026 and defended the arrest of several civil society leaders. Prosecutor Guy Martial Damanguéré said their actions may have contributed to public disorder, according to a statement issued by the prosecutor’s office on 17 October.
Source: Lengosongo
Kenyan pathologist Ahmed Kalebi has joined the first Hall of Fame of The Pathologist magazine, among 15 figures recognised for their contributions to pathology and laboratory medicine. The only African and the only representative of a low- or middle-income country in this cohort, he is recognised for his efforts to advance diagnostic technologies in Kenya, according to The Pathologist.
Source: Capital FM
Singida Black Stars coach Papy Kimoto has urged his players to stay focused before the second leg against Tusker FC in Dar es Salaam. Despite their first-leg advantage, he says his team will look to finish the tie at home, according to remarks reported by Citizen.
Source: Citizen
At Beni’s public bus station in North Kivu, DR Congo, the handwashing facility regularly runs short of water and soap, according to drivers and travellers. One driver says the tank can go up to three weeks without being refilled, as people travel between Beni and Butembo, among other places, Beto reports.
Source: Beto
Seven Filipino workers have been injured in attacks in Saudi Arabia, three of them critically, according to the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said a missile struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on 10 October, killing 12 people and injuring 309, NAN reports.
Source: Pmnewsnigeria
Shanda Tonme, presented as the Universal Mediator, sent an official letter to Cameroonian President Paul Biya on 19 October calling for the urgent adoption of dual nationality. He criticised the current legislation, but the information reported does not allow its content to be conveyed in greater detail.
Source: Actu Cameroun
Yves Brahima Koné, director-general of the Coffee and Cocoa Council, gave a vehicle to Father Jean Darius Baloma during his installation at Saint Joseph parish in Kagbolodougou, in Sinématiali department. He also gave two motorbikes to the Catholic community and one million CFA francs to the parish, according to AIP.
Source: Aip
The Zambian Presidency said former MP Emmanuel “Jay Jay” Banda, captured in Mozambique and brought back to Zambia in a security operation, could not evade justice by taking refuge abroad. His legal adviser Christopher Mundia presented the arrest as a warning to fugitives, according to MaraviPost.
Source: Maravipost
During an evaluation of Kmba Connect projects in Libreville, development adviser Karl Elvis Nsumbu Mba championed the use of digital solutions in trade, agriculture, transport and entrepreneurship. He also cited the digitisation of business registration procedures to cut delays, according to the Gabonese Press Agency.
Source: Agpgabon
Bola Tinubu’s campaign official Segun Showunmi says the new post given to his wife, Oluyemi Adeyemi-Showunmi, at Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission is an internal administrative decision. She takes charge of the electoral operations department ahead of the 2027 election, and Showunmi defended her professional record in an interview on Channels Television, the Daily Post reports.
Source: Daily Post
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