The UN migration agency estimates that 5,035 people fled three villages in Sudan’s North Darfur state on 10–11 November, and most families crossed into neighbouring Chad. The estimate, reported by Anadolu, comes as the World Food Programme seeks $520m to keep feeding people in Sudan through April 2027.
The World Bank has prepared about $760m in additional financing for Niger, its regional vice-president said after meeting the prime minister on Thursday, according to the state news agency. Niamey is separately seeking $561m to complete the Kandadji dam, a project meant to supply power, water and irrigation; no link between the sums was announced.
European fishing interests are lobbying to keep access to Mauritania’s waters before the EU–Mauritania fishing protocol expires at midnight on 14 November. About 60 European vessels, 25 of them from Andalusia in Spain, are affected, regional officials say. Mauritania’s own priorities include protecting fish stocks and local benefits.
Chad’s president inspected a solar power plant in Abéché, a city in the east of the country, that a local outlet says has been idle for nine months, and a mother-and-child hospital project halted since 2015. The visit puts long-delayed electricity and health infrastructure under presidential scrutiny.
Burkina Faso’s mining minister said any artisanal gold site where a child is found will be shut and those responsible punished, after children appeared among miners sent back from Guinea. He urged miners to form cooperatives or move into farming, and said the children belong in classrooms or training.
Mali’s treasury accepted CFA49.5 billion (about €75 million) at a regional bond auction on Wednesday, above its CFA45 billion target, a financial-news report says. Most went to three-year bonds at a 7.59% average yield, slightly below two weeks earlier. Mali continues to borrow in its regional market at about 7.6%.
A senior official of a party in Chad’s presidential camp has urged civilians to lead the provinces, alleging that some military administrators have interests in the disputes they judge. He backs the president’s security tour while linking the handling of communal violence to a change in who administers the provinces.
Niger wants its Chinese oil partnership to deliver more local jobs, a larger commercial stake and export earnings routed through domestic banks. A reported May agreement did not end the dispute: older contractual claims and the government’s own unfinished obligations complicate its effort to bring more of the industry’s value home.
In Sudan, families search television releases, prison records and morgues for missing relatives. Dated accounts from mothers and siblings reveal why a possible lead is not yet an answer—and how restricted access and damaged forensic services complicate searches, even as some families obtain information or a dignified burial.
In Chad, a self-described opposition leader backed removing the presidential term limit, arguing that repeated elections had delivered no alternation and another senior office could broaden representation. The office was filled in April, but appointments remained centrally controlled—revealing a split between seeking influence inside government and preserving a route to replace its head.
