Top events in Africa November 3-9.
1. South Africa's ruling African National Congress received less than a third of the vote in municipal elections - the party's worst result in its entire history. The Democratic Alliance took first place in 5 out of 8 megacities.
2. A court in Nigeria annulled the appointment of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar (in office between 1999-2007) as a candidate for the 2027 presidential election from the African Democratic Congress, and recognized the process of forming the leadership of the party as illegal. Previously, Abubakar finished in third place in the 2007 elections and in second place in the 2019 elections.
3. The leader of Tanzania's largest opposition party, CHADEMA, Tundo Liso was acquitted of treason, but received 4 years in prison for incitement. CHADEMA's arrest and exclusion from the elections were among the causes of the 2025 protests, in which at least 518 people died.
4. The Supreme Court of Somalia declared the extension of the term of President Hassan Sheikh Mohammed illegal and demanded that elections be held within 90 days. The judges determined that the increase in the constitutional term of the presidency from 4 to 5 years does not apply to the current head of state. The day before, the president tried to fire the chairman of the Supreme Court, but the court did not recognize this decision as legal.
5. Morocco announced its intention to maintain a ceasefire in Western Sahara after the termination of the UN peacekeeping mission. Rabat has called the mission's previous roles outdated and hopes to achieve the exclusion of the Western Sahara issue from the UN's decolonization agenda. The territory's pro-independence Polisario Front and Algeria expressed concern about the end of international surveillance.
6. DRC demanded that the US move from strategic mineral agreements to real investments.