Africa Rwanda 23 auditing firms were suspended for six months after failing to meet the necessary audit quality standards; the Institute of Certified Public Accounts of Rwanda, the country's auditing body, stated that the firms would not be allowed to operate
Africa Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio addressed over 500 final year students, graduates and young entrepreneurs from across the country, challenging them to be innovative and focused
Africa South Sudan USAID announced $43,5 million in funding to equip young people in South Sudan, particularly girls and young women, with knowledge and skills that will enable them to lead healthy, engaged and productive lives
Africa Eritrea Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visited members of the Somali Defence Forces being trained at the Aviation College of Eritrea
Africa Guinea A workshop was held in Conakry on drug monitoring and information systems given the growing drug problems in the country, which recorded 10 cases of drug-related deaths in October
Africa Libya New UN special envoy for Libya has warned that the first anniversary of the postponement of Libya's elections is fast approaching and that further postponement of the vote could lead to even greater instability, putting Libya "at risk of division"
Africa Burkina Faso EU humanitarian airlift for the people of Burkina Faso was launched in Ouagadougou on 11 November to deliver up to 800 tonnes of emergency supplies to the hardest-to-reach areas over the next three months
Africa Djibouti Minister of Communications, responsible for Post and Telecommunications, received two experts from the Postal Bank of France within the framework of the FEXTE project for a comprehensive needs assessment and the creation of a digital postal bank
Africa eSwatini Three Eswatini nationals who cut and stole 67 metres of contact cables belonging to Transnet in October last year have each been sentenced to 15 years in prison for damaging essential infrastructure
Africa Guinea-Bissau Leader of the Guinean Democratic Movement considered the Supreme Court of Justice's decision to extinguish 28 political parties to be 'commissioned', describing Guinean democracy as a 'compromised farce'
Africa Liberia A huge batch of YAMAHA outboard engines has arrived in Liberia as part of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority's efforts to improve the skills of the country's local fishermen
Africa Mozambique The country has officially started exporting liquefied natural gas produced in the north, President Filipe Nyusi said, with a first shipment
Africa Cape Verde Government will bring to Parliament proposed changes to measures for the prevention and repression of the crime of money laundering, the prevention of terrorism and its financing, and the proliferation of weapons