By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
A ballistic missile fired by the Houthis towards Medina, Saudi Arabia, was intercepted on Thursday, according to the spokesman for the Riyadh-led coalition. The announcement came after a warning from Saudi civil defence about potential risks around the strategic port of Yanbu.
An Airbus A320 travelling from Dublin to Rome was diverted to Évreux air base after a bomb alert, with 151 passengers and six crew members on board. The people were taken to safety and bomb disposal teams intervened, according to French authorities cited by L’essentiel.
🇫🇷 France · Source: L’essentiel ·
A 57-year-old man was fatally shot near a polling station in Boikhutso Trust, in Bushbuckridge municipality, South Africa. Mpumalanga police are investigating the killing and have made no arrests, according to spokesperson Donald Mdhluli, quoted by SABC News.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: SABC News ·
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.
🇰🇵 North Korea · Source: Le Monde ·
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Madrid to seek stronger air defences for his country. He is due to meet Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and other leaders on Thursday on the sidelines of an Ibero-American summit, according to Le Monde.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Source: Le Monde ·
Autopsy attributes Jesús de Miguel’s death to traumaA preliminary autopsy has attributed the death of 30-year-old Spanish striker Jesús de Miguel to accidental chest trauma after his collision with goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a match. Further forensic examinations are pending, while police continue their inquiries, the Daily Post Nigeria reports.
Sidi Sosso Diarra sentenced to five-year suspended term in MaliThe Criminal Chamber of the Bamako Court of Appeal reportedly sentenced Sidi Sosso Diarra, Mali’s former Auditor-General, and his former administrative and financial director Amadou Diop to five years in prison with a suspended sentence and a fine. The verdict, which could allow their release, was reported by Renouveau TV on 5 November 2026.The week in Africa
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