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ECOWAS brought its working group on disinformation together in Accra on 15 and 16 October 2026 to coordinate the regional response to information manipulation. The meeting brought together representatives of West African institutions and partners to define a work plan, according to the ECOWAS Commission.
Source: Ecowas
Nigerian opposition figure Omoyele Sowore asked a lawyer to withdraw the insult “tout” that he allegedly directed at him in a courtroom in Abuja. The confrontation preceded a hearing in Sowore’s cyberharassment trial involving President Bola Tinubu, Punch reports.
Source: Punch
The Kumu community in North Kivu has announced that it is joining the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), a politico-military movement led by former Congolese president Joseph Kabila. In a statement read out on 17 October in Nyiragongo, its elders said they supported the move in opposition to corruption and poor governance, according to Kivumorningpost.
Source: Kivumorningpost
Cape Verde’s Institute of Higher Education in Legal and Social Sciences is contesting the suspension of the transfer of the building intended to house its permanent campus in Achada Santo António, Praia. The institute has asked to meet the Prime Minister and for the case to be reviewed, denouncing a legally questionable measure taken at the start of the academic year, according to its statement.
Source: Anacao
Fourteen months after his vehicle disappeared at the Port of Lomé, a Togolese member of the diaspora appealed to Council President Faure Gnassingbé. The appeal concerns the theft of the vehicle within the port premises, according to Icilomé.
Source: Icilomé
Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party candidate in Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, condemns killings in Plateau State and calls on Governor Caleb Mutfwang to better protect residents. He says hundreds of people were killed between January and October 2026 and criticises Bola Tinubu’s government’s security response, according to a statement from his campaign team.
Source: Vanguard
Hundreds of Nigerians living in Qatar received their new passports within two weeks, a turnaround praised by their community. Nigerian ambassador Mahmood Yakubu was honoured at a ceremony organised by the Qatari branch of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, which also celebrated Nigeria’s 66th independence anniversary, Vanguard reports.
Source: Vanguard
Comorian opposition figure Mohamed Daoudou, known as Kiki, says any political discussion must lead to a transition and is asking the UN to facilitate a peaceful way out of the crisis. In this interview with Masiwa, he criticises the timing of the UN mission, sent three years before the election scheduled for 2029.
Source: Masiwa Comores
The National Association of Scrap and Waste Dealers Employers of Nigeria has asked Borno Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to prove that scavengers stole electrical cables valued at 3 billion naira. Its deputy president, Aminu Hassan Soja, called for details of the project and condemned the collective accusation, according to Daily Trust.
Source: Dailytrust
Guinea’s Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences has adjourned the trial of Ahmed Kanté and his lawyer, Me Aboubacar Sidiki Kanté, until 30 November. Witnesses are due to be heard on that date, while Ahmed Kanté is expected to return after medical treatment abroad, according to his lawyers and proceedings reported by Mosaiqueguinee.
Source: Mosaiqueguinee
Shops, including BHV and a Franprix, were looted in Paris on the evening of 18 October, while bicycles were set alight and security forces secured several areas. The scenes described were part of violence linked to the 17 October demonstrations, according to a Le Monde report republished by Kassataya.
Source: Kassataya
Magistrate John Curlewis has postponed until 28 October 2026 the ruling on South African businessman Suliman Carrim’s bail application. He is awaiting transcripts to assess the prosecution’s claims that Carrim changed his testimony under cross-examination, according to the Daily Maverick.
Source: Daily Maverick
After the violence and looting on 17 October, Emmanuel Macron refused Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez’s resignation and asked him to step up efforts against rioters. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu also asked prefects to impose partial curfews in some city centres, French media report.
Source: Aip
Ugandan police are investigating the murder of Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan soldier critical of President Paul Kagame, whose beheaded body was found on 17 October in Luwala, Mpigi District. His head has not yet been found, according to police and his family.
Source: Daily Monitor
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez ruled out cancelling or postponing upcoming football matches on Monday despite violence and looting in France. He notably kept the Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona, scheduled for Tuesday in Paris, according to his remarks at Matignon.
Source: Senenews
Kofi Asare, executive director of Africa Education Watch, is calling for independent checks in all senior high schools in Ghana following sexual assault allegations against the head of Obuasi Senior High Technical School. He proposes that external teams confidentially gather students’ accounts to uncover unreported abuse, he said on Joy FM.
Source: MyJoyOnline
Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial and urged Nigerians to overcome ethnic, religious and political divisions. The Nigerian army presents Rwanda’s history as a warning against hatred and violent extremism, according to a statement by its spokesperson, Colonel Appolonia Anele.
Source: Vanguard
The trial of former Burkinabe education minister Lionel Bilgo and Vincent de Paul Kaboré, head of real estate company SITRAF, has been adjourned until 16 November 2026 by the Economic and Financial Division of the Bobo-Dioulasso court. The court is awaiting the Court of Appeal’s decision on which court has jurisdiction, Sidwaya reports.
Source: Sidwaya
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