By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Illustrative image · Rafael Minguet Delgado · Pexels · Licence PexelsThe bombing of a shelter set up in a school in Komychouvakha, in Zaporizhzhia oblast, killed 37 people, according to the Ukrainian authorities. A three-tonne guided bomb struck the site on Monday during an aid distribution, Le Monde reports.
The Ukrainian army says more than 6,600 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in three days, while Ukrainian drones targeted oil facilities in Russia for five consecutive nights. The reported strikes hit several sites, including the YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl, according to Ukrainian military authorities and images shared online.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Source: Zambian Observer ·
A Russian strike on an aid centre set up in a former school in Komyshuvakha, Ukraine, killed at least 33 people and left 50 others missing, according to Egypt Independent and Africanews. President Volodymyr Zelensky and the UN mission in Ukraine described the attack as one of the conflict’s deadliest, while Africanews reported that police officers and rescue workers were among the victims.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Source: Egypt Independent ·
At least seven passenger aircraft were diverted, searched or subjected to enhanced checks following bomb threats in Italy, Poland, Spain and Bulgaria. Inspections found no explosives, and authorities have established neither a claim of responsibility nor a link between the threats, according to the cited authorities.
🌍 World · Source: Bénin Web TV ·
The Malian General Staff says Operation Dougoukoloko struck, between 2 and 3 November, a logistics base near Niono, a gathering of fighters south of Tessalit and a position near Gourma-Rharous. Surveillance and sweeping operations are continuing, according to the EMGA statement.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Mali Actu ·
Inflation and cost of living explain Republican defeatAn Associated Press election survey attributes the Republican defeat in the US midterm elections to inflation, the cost of living and concerns about corruption. In Texas, voters facing financial difficulties largely supported Democrat James Talarico, the Economic Times reports.
Guinea trial: Lounceny Nabé places 3.135 tonnes of gold with AffinorFormer governor of Guinea’s central bank Lounceny Nabé told his trial that the 3.135 tonnes of gold at issue were held by Affinor. He disputes charges of embezzlement of public funds, illicit enrichment and corruption before the CRIEF, Mosaiqueguinee reports.The week in Africa
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