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Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office has searched several residences linked to members of Félix Tshisekedi’s family, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Brussels and its surroundings. The DESC/RDC platform accuses people close to the president of illegally appropriating mines in Katanga province.
Source: France 24
The PRIASA III project management unit and the National Water Institute announce a tender to recruit a consultancy to strengthen institutional capacity and mobilise climate funding. The notice and tender conditions are published by Jornal Tropical.
Source: Jornal Tropical
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known as Teodorin, is threatening diplomatic reprisals after a Paris building definitively confiscated in the ill-gotten assets case was put up for sale. The Equatorial Guinean president’s son calls the sale illegal and hostile, while the Malabo authorities could use the Tica naval school as leverage against France, according to AFP.
Source: Radiomacuto
The six countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (Cemac) have harmonised their Ebola prevention plans, as the disease has been spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo since May. The decision was taken at the end of a meeting held in Brazzaville until Thursday 15 October, reports RFI.
Source: RFI
Central African police arrested Elysée Nguémalé and Quentin Claver Ngbouando, leaders of the Observatory of Democratic Governance in the Central African Republic and the I Gwé movement, before a press conference. Social Change Party president Chancel Sekodé-Ndeugbayi denounced the arrest as politically motivated, Corbeaunews Centrafrique reports.
Source: Corbeaunews Centrafrique
The Tshopo Coordination of Civil Society Forces Vives has urged Congolese people to remain vigilant in the face of the National Resurrection Front, a politico-military platform announced around Joseph Kabila. In a statement published on 15 October 2026 in Kisangani, it called, among other things, for suspicious movements to be reported, according to Kis24.
Source: Kis24
Tshopo Governor Paulin Lendongolia Lebabonga brought tools, seeds and sacks of rice to the Higher Institute of Agronomic Studies in Bengamisa, in Banalia Territory. The aid accompanied a visit to assess the institution’s infrastructure and needs ahead of its revival, reports Kis24.
Source: Kis24
Congolese Public Health Minister Roger Kamba has barred unaccredited organisations from operating on the ground in the response to the 17th Ebola outbreak. Of 97 organisations involved, 25 have received accreditation; the outbreak declared in Ituri has spread to seven provinces, while questions have been raised about the traceability of more than $700 million allocated to the response, according to the minister and Africa CDC.
Source: Mediacongo
Congolese Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo has ordered a ban on the activities of 13 political parties across the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The measure targets, among others, the PPRD of former president Joseph Kabila and is to be enforced by governors, according to an official message from the ministry.
Source: Mediacongo
Equatorial Guinea plans to begin building a national refinery in 2027 to reduce its dependence on imports of refined products. The government also plans to invest $20 million in Gepetrol Servicios to increase its storage capacity, according to Vice-President Nguema Obiang Mangue.
Source: Realequatorialguinea
The Development Bank of the Central African States completed its first international bond issue, worth $222 million, on 13 October 2026. The operation marks a new stage in the institution's funding strategy, reports Tchadinfos.
Source: Tchadinfos
Two defendants on trial in N’Djamena say gendarmes demanded money from them after a bag of drugs was found on a bus stopped on the road. They say CFA 2,500 was extorted from them, while the suspected owner of the bag allegedly paid CFA 85,000 and another passenger CFA 45,000, according to Alwihda Info.
Source: Alwihda Info
Gabon has cut its submissions from 53 pages to fewer than ten in the ill-gotten gains case being investigated in France, according to Africa Intelligence. Libreville is seeking to ease tensions with Brazzaville after its legal action, aimed at securing compensation for assets suspected of having been acquired with misappropriated public funds, was seen as an attack on Denis Sassou-Nguesso.
Source: Congo B
Appointed during the 11 October 2026 cabinet reshuffle, Emmanuel Eyeghe Nze has taken office as Gabon's Minister of Trade, Industry and Local Transformation, as well as government spokesperson. The handover ceremony was held in Libreville on 15 October, according to the Gabonese Press Agency.
Source: Agpgabon
Africa CDC says international donors paid nearly $962 million directly to organisations involved in the Ebola response in DR Congo, rather than to the Congolese government. At a meeting to share financial data, only 30% of the organisations concerned took part and reported receiving about $220 million, of which $120 million had already been spent, according to Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya.
Source: Actualité.cd
Two Ebola cases have been confirmed in Nord-Ubangi, bringing to eight the number of provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo affected by the outbreak. The Bundibugyo strain outbreak has exceeded 9,000 cases and 4,000 deaths, according to health officials cited by Reuters.
Source: TimesLIVE
Hélder, whose home was destroyed in a fire in the 3 de Fevereiro neighbourhood of São Tomé, is asking for help for his seven children. He had built the house over many years and lived there with his wife and children, Rádio Somos Todos Primos reports.
Source: Rstp
Chad’s Secretary of State for Telecommunications, Ibangolo Abel Maïna, closed the Central Africa Internet Governance Forum in N’Djamena. Participants adopted a declaration in favour of an inclusive, resilient and sovereign regional digital space, according to Tchadinfos.
Source: Tchadinfos
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