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1. Niger: UNHRC Calls For Millions in Emergency Aid to Fill Critical Gaps

   [allAfrica] Geneva -- The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of a deepening crisis that has caused tens of thousands of people to flee from Nigeria to neighbouring Niger and Benin, where problems of malnutrition and disease are surfacing.

2. Africa: Can Carbon Markets Help Africa Close Its Climate Finance Gap?

   [allAfrica] Africa is in a difficult financial situation regarding climate change. The continent accounts for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions yet is one of the most climate change-exposed regions in the world. Droughts, floods, and increasingly erratic rainfall are all having a major impact on people, their livelihoods, and their economies. At the same time, there are massive climate investment opportunities on the continent, such as renewables, clean cooking, forest conservation, land

3. Congo-Kinshasa: Medical Charity Warns Funds for DR Congo Ebola Fight Not Reaching Front

   [RFI] Six months into Congo's Ebola outbreak, the virus is still spreading out of control and large sums of international aid are not reaching the front line, French medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.

4. South Africa: Political Parties Have 14 Days to Form New Municipal Councils

   [Scrolla] About 138 municipalities have no political party with enough seats to govern alone, forcing parties to negotiate agreements to share power. Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa says political fights must not delay new councils or disrupt water, electricity, rubbish collection and other basic services.

5. Malawi: Nationwide Protests Planned Over Malawi's Economic Challenges

   [Nyasa Times] Frustrated Malawians are preparing to take to the streets in nationwide demonstrations on 17 November 2026, piling pressure on the government over worsening economic hardships and failing public services.