A dispute at a livestock watering point escalated into gunfire between communities near the Hadjer-Lamis–Bahr El-Ghazal boundary. Authorities announced 25 deaths and 22 injuries, with 39 people transferred to N’Djamena for judicial proceedings.
Niger received 1.65 million litres of fuel at Agadez, offering relief to a region whose governor says supply difficulties have lasted six months. The delivery also brings Algeria’s expanding security partnership with Niger into the fuel supply chain.
More than 86,000 people have registered for Burkina Faso’s military reserve in under a month, the defence minister says. The newly disclosed figure brings the authorities close to their year-end recruitment target, while extending defence duties beyond the standing armed forces.
Imam Mohamed Ishaq Kindo has left detention after about five months, according to Sunni community sources. Restrictions on visits, photographs and public statements mean his release has not restored ordinary freedom of movement and expression.
Niger’s prime minister announced a strategic-cooperation memorandum during a visit to Benghazi with senior military officers. The agreement expands engagement with Libya’s eastern power centre, but its operational commitments and financing remain undisclosed.
Heavy patient attendance is testing hospitals in Chad’s capital as the dengue response continues. Health Minister Abdelmadjid Abderahim checked diagnostic supplies and patient care at three facilities on 1 November.
First-year pupils are moving to predominantly national-language instruction, but some teachers say they lack the preparation—or the local language—to deliver it. Newly disclosed classroom accounts expose practical difficulties in the nationwide bilingual-education drive.
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.
