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The committee of honorary members of the Congolese Labour Party adopted its rules of procedure, its activity programme for the fourth quarter of 2026-2027 and the corresponding budget in Brazzaville. The documents were approved on 13 October at the committee’s inaugural general assembly, according to the Congolese News Agency.
Source: Aci
Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Abdoulkader Houssein Omar was received in Baghdad on 17 October by Iraqi President Nizar Amidi. The two officials discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, ADI reports.
Source: Adi
Omar Ceesay, a former Gambian MP for Niamina East and member of the opposition UNITE party, is urging voters to reject Adama Barrow in the December 2026 presidential election. He accuses the president of delivering neither the promised constitutional and security reforms nor the main infrastructure projects he claims, according to an interview with Teledal reported by Kerr Fatou.
Source: Kerr Fatou
Exiled former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh has chosen MP Almameh Gibba to lead No To Alliance, a breakaway faction of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction. The group has yet to say whether it will contest the 5 December presidential election alone or join a coalition, Gambiana reports.
Source: Gambiana
Drones operated by the Rapid Support Forces damaged four gold-processing facilities at the Bajon mining site in South Kordofan, with no casualties. The attack on the Qadeer mine market took place on a public holiday, when workers were absent, according to the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company.
Source: Radio Tamazuj
Djibouti’s Foreign Minister, Abdoulkader Houssein Omar, called for solidarity among Muslim countries and the peaceful settlement of disputes at the 52nd session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. He also advocated economic integration among member states and said Djibouti would support initiatives respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity, ADI reports.
Source: Adi
Emmanuel Macron condemned the violence committed during demonstrations in France and announced that those responsible would be prosecuted and punished. The president also expressed his support for the security forces and called for unity in a message published on his official page.
Source: Dakaractu
The United Front for the DRC denounces the restoration of relations between Belgium and Rwanda and the political reorganisation around Joseph Kabila and AFC/M23. It accuses this alliance of threatening the peace process in the east of the DRC, according to the movement’s statement.
Source: Actualité.cd
Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan sent Germany a written message on bilateral relations and peace efforts in Sudan. His envoy Minni Minnawi met State Minister Serap Güler, who called for a ceasefire and inclusive civilian dialogue, according to Sudanese authorities and the German embassy.
Source: Radio Tamazuj
Former Bamako district mayor Adama Sangaré rejects the accusations in the case involving 27,656 plots and says he acted on the verbal instructions of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. The trial of nine defendants, which opened on 12 October 2026, is continuing before the National Economic and Financial Division, according to Mali Actu.
Source: Mali Actu
Ghanaian Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa defended Ghana’s bid to join BRICS despite the risk of US sanctions cited by his critics. He referred to the recent diesel agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to urge Accra to prioritise its national interests, according to JoyNews.
Source: MyJoyOnline
Paris mayor Emmanuel Grégoire says Saturday’s violence and looting ravaged entire streets, damaged shops and defaced monuments. He condemned the rioters while distinguishing their actions from the social movement during an appearance on Franceinfo TV, AFP reports.
Source: Seneweb
Macky Sall’s withdrawal from the race for UN secretary-general highlights the decisive influence of the Security Council’s five permanent members. Straw polls and private consultations can block any candidacy, despite regional or continental support, Gambiana analyses.
Source: Gambiana
Twelve Equatorial Guinean presidential security agents are reportedly in Paris and Madrid preparing operations against CORED opposition figures, according to Radio Macuto. Ambassador Juan Ndong Nguema Mbengono, recently appointed to France, would lead them, while French and Spanish police have reportedly been alerted.
Source: Radiomacuto
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met his Djiboutian counterpart, Abdoulkader Hussein Omar, to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and regional developments. The meeting was held on 17 October in Baghdad, on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Hapijournal reports.
Source: Hapijournal
An Agboville hotel owner filed a complaint after being targeted by a man posing as a former Burkina Faso international. He also alerted his staff and described an especially confident fraudster, according to L’Infodrome.
Source: L’Infodrome
Hakeem Touray, coordinator of Gambians Against Looted Assets, says he will join UDP demonstrations calling for the publication of raw electoral data. He nevertheless maintains his organisation’s political neutrality ahead of the December presidential election, according to his statements to Kerr Fatou.
Source: Kerr Fatou
Former Senegalese Higher Education Minister Daouda Ngom says the “One student, one computer” programme, costing nearly 6 billion CFA francs a year, bypassed public procurement rules. Questioned by the parliamentary inquiry committee, he cited irregularities identified by Arcop.
Source: Lesoleil
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