By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
The Senegalese Navy rescued 221 migrants aboard a canoe intercepted about 130 kilometres off Djiffère on 3 November. The people rescued were brought ashore at the Admiral Faye Gassama naval base and handed over to the relevant services, according to information provided by the Navy.
A magnitude-3 earthquake was recorded offshore on 4 November 2026 at 1.11pm, 23 kilometres south of Mahres, in Tunisia's Sfax Governorate. The epicentre was in the Gulf of Gabes, according to the National Institute of Meteorology.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Source: Business News ·
Senegalese police have arrested four people suspected of taking part in violent motorcycle robberies at about 2.30am on 2 November in Grand Yoff, Dakar. The victims identified the suspects and recovered their belongings; all four were placed in police custody, according to police cited by Senego.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Senego ·
Rescuers recovered a second female body from the rubble of a collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, bringing the provisional toll to two dead and four survivors. The search for trapped people continues with a multi-agency team, according to Kenya’s National Police Service.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Capital FM ·
Senegal’s National Assembly rejected the 2026 supplementary budget on 3 November after adopting a preliminary motion, according to Le Soleil, Senego, Toumaï Web Médias and Tchadinfos. The media reported the vote differently: 109 in favour and 20 against according to the first three, versus 109 against and 20 in favour according to Tchadinfos. The rejection could threaten a 2.2-billion-dollar IMF loan, according to RFI Afrique, cited by Senego.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Le Soleil ·
Minibus overturns in Louga, leaving six seriously injuredA minibus travelling between Dakar and Saint-Louis overturned at the entrance to Louga, injuring 11 people, six seriously. The six most seriously injured were taken to Amadou Sakhir Mbaye Hospital, while the cause of the crash remains to be established, reports Dakaractu.
Google funds Helium Health AI to reduce maternal deaths in NigeriaNigerian start-up Helium Health has received a $2.5 million grant from Google.org to deploy artificial intelligence tools to 1.9 million pregnant women. The programme will begin in Lagos before expanding to Delta, Kano and Oyo, aiming to reduce maternal deaths, according to Business Day Nigeria.The week in Africa
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