By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
Three people have been killed in a few days in Bamenda and its outskirts, in Cameroon. Civil society is concerned that insecurity remains high, fuelled by the circulation of weapons and the Anglophone crisis, which has remained unresolved for ten years.
Nigeria’s Senate is calling for the immediate deployment of troops to three areas of Benue State after four coordinated attacks left 113 people dead, including six Mobile Police officers. The violence also caused mass displacement and paralysed agriculture, according to senator Emmanuel Udende, cited by the Daily Post.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Daily Post ·
Three people kidnapped by an armed group in the south-east of the Central African Republic have been freed after ten months in captivity. The sub-prefect of Bambouti and two agents of the National Elections Authority were transferred to Bangui on Thursday, France 24 reports.
🇨🇫 Central African Republic · Source: France 24 ·
Cameroon’s Minister of Mines, Fuh Calistus Gentry, advocated lifting Cameroon’s suspension from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. He presented measures on civil society participation and the publication of oil contracts, according to the Sierra Leone Telegraph.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Sierra Leone Telegraph ·
Arrivals in Europe of migrants from West Africa fell by 59% in the first half of 2026, to 4,566 people, while departures shifted southwards, particularly to The Gambia. The IOM attributes this change to tighter controls in Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal; on the Atlantic route, the number of dead and missing rose from 1,172 to 1,215 between 2024 and 2025, according to the African Press Agency.
🇬🇲 Gambia · Source: Kassataya ·
Cameroon Business Forum opens in Douala with AfCFTA on agendaThe 12th session of the Cameroon Business Forum opened on 22 October 2026 in Douala, under the chairmanship of Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute. The five planned workshops are set to address, among other issues, facilitating intra-African trade and financing industrialisation, according to Alwihda Info.
The two Congos recommend projects to reintegrate returneesThe UN refugee agency and the two Congos recommended community projects in agriculture, vocational training and health to support the reintegration of returnees. The recommendation was made on 22 October in Kintélé, near Brazzaville, the Congolese News Agency reported.The week in Africa
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