Chad's Ministry of Public Health confirmed dengue case notifications in Ouaddaï, Wadi Fira, Sila and N'Djamena, though no case counts have been published.
Four months after a crackdown on protests over a religious-practice law, the junta released followers of Sunni cleric Dr Mohamad Ishaq Kindo, but kept the imam himself in custody.
A new multi-year Country Partnership Framework commits the World Bank to expanding electricity access in Burkina Faso, a concrete financing signal despite the junta's strained ties with Western institutions.
A business forum chaired by Mauritania's Economy Minister brought together US delegations from five states to explore investment in mining, energy and agrifood.
All 500 Nigerien trainees had already reached Algeria by 30 September 2026 aboard two chartered flights, before Algeria's Vocational Training Minister formally opened sessions for an 88-person sub-cohort in Boumerdès on 3 October.
Ouagadougou held the official ceremony for a 2026-2031 Country Partnership Framework spanning 29 projects, months after the World Bank's board approved it in Washington.
Algeria's president disclosed that Su-30 jets were sent to Niger during the failed late-August mutiny, and that Niger's prime minister had visited Algiers just before it began.
Niger's Mines Minister met Uranium One and TENEX officials to review an existing memorandum, days after accusing France of sabotage at the UN, with roughly 1,000 tonnes of disputed uranium still offered for sale.
France 24, La Croix and Benin Web TV retrospectives mark Ibrahim Traoré's fourth anniversary in power, days after he told reporters the state could take over importing certain goods via the agency FasoYaar.
