Published on: 02/10/2026 - 09:25 Modified on: 02/10/2026 - 16:08
• Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri on Tuesday became the first female head of government in Morocco. Coming from a family of notables from Marrakech, this 50-year-old brunette woman, often seen behind her dark-rimmed glasses, was also elected deputy during last Wednesday's legislative elections.
• Ethiopia on Thursday accused neighboring Eritrea of "acts of hostility and belligerence", closed its embassy there and ordered ten Eritrean diplomats to pack their bags, Asmara responded by severing its diplomatic relations: tensions have further risen in the midst of the conflict in northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian army and anti-government groups.
• In Guinea-Bissau, ten months after being overthrown by a putsch, the former president in exile, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, announced Monday his upcoming return to his country as a "presidential candidate" on December 6 supposed to restore constitutional order.
• Several African countries say they are ready to participate in the International Gaza Stabilization Force, imagined by Donald Trump, and supposed to be deployed in the Palestinian enclave to stabilize the situation there. Morocco, Uganda but also the separatist republic of Somaliland and Burundi plan to join the movement.
• Eastern Central Africa has been hit in recent months by several attacks attributed to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan militia infamous for its mass massacres and kidnappings of children in the 1990s and 2000s. Wanted by the International Criminal Court for more than 20 years, its leader, Joseph Kony, remains untraceable. How can we explain the resurgence of this group?
AfCRA, an African rating agency to counter the biases of global giants
The African continent is preparing to launch its own credit rating agency.
Developed in collaboration with the African Union, AfCRA intends to provide a credit risk assessment adapted to African realities, in the face of international agencies regularly accused of excessive severity towards Africa.
In Saint-Louis, a vestige of the slave trade threatens to disappear
In Saint-Louis, Senegal, traces of a past linked to the transatlantic slave trade are gradually disappearing.
The island is best known for its colonial heritage, but historians estimate that tens of thousands of enslaved Africans passed through there before being deported to the Americas.
Today, one of the last slave warehouses still visible in Saint-Louis is falling into ruin.
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African armies soon in Gaza?
It has no timetable or mandate but it has a name: the International Gaza Stabilization Force. Coming from the head of Donald Trump, this force is supposed to deploy in the enclave to stabilize it.
Several African countries say they are ready to participate. This is the case of Morocco and Uganda. The breakaway Republic of Somaliland also says it is ready. Burundi, too, plans to join the movement.
The last Jews in Ethiopia await a visa for Israel
One of the oldest Jewish communities in the world lives in Ethiopia. According to religious accounts, it dates back to 950 BC and its members are the descendants of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon.
Known as Beta Israel, it was persecuted by the communist regime in power between 1974 and 1991. Israel then evacuated 20,000 Ethiopian Jews during Operations Solomon and Moses in 1984 and 1991.
In Cameroon, the strike of the National Union of Higher Education Teachers continues
In Cameroon, the start of the academic year scheduled for October 7 may not take place. At issue: an unlimited strike called by Synes, the National Union of Higher Education Teachers, since September 3, 2026.
The teachers are demanding the payment of 16 billion CFA francs in academic bonuses, or nearly 24 million euros.
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