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The ANC remained South Africa's largest party in the 4 November 2026 local elections but won only 30.76% of the national vote, its worst local result since apartheid ended, according to final results declared by the Electoral Commission on 8 November. Most municipal councils, including Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban, now face coalition talks.
Two passenger trains collided at al-Ayyat in Egypt's Giza governorate on Sunday 8 November 2026, killing at least seven people, including a train driver, and injuring more than 100, according to Egyptian authorities. Prosecutors have opened an investigation and the cause has not yet been officially determined.
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had reached 10,668 confirmed cases and 5,198 deaths by 3 November 2026, the WHO says, making it the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded in the country. Two Bundibugyo-specific vaccines are being added to a trial.