By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Polling stations have opened in Brazil for the second round of the presidential election pitting incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Flávio Bolsonaro. Nearly 160 million voters are due to cast their ballots on 25 October, according to Le Monde.
A poll by the Quaest institute puts Senator Flávio Bolsonaro on 51% of valid votes, against 49% for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on the eve of Brazil's presidential run-off. Conducted on 23 and 24 October among 3,702 voters, the survey also found a fall in rejection of Bolsonaro, according to Quaest.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
Brazilians will choose their president on Sunday between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro in a highly polarised runoff. Flávio Bolsonaro secured a lead of more than 2.2 million votes in the first round without reaching an absolute majority, according to France 24.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Source: France 24 ·
The Swiss Confederation has released 45 million litres of diesel, nearly 4% of its mandatory reserves, in response to tensions in energy supplies. The Federal Office for National Economic Supply is also considering a temporary 80 km/h motorway speed limit, according to Aargauer Zeitung.
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Source: L’essentiel ·
The president of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress, Nentawe Yilwatda, said Nigerians would support Bola Tinubu’s re-election at the launch of the party’s presidential campaign in Kaduna. He also mentioned rapprochements with the People’s Democratic Party and the Grand Progressive Alliance of All Nigeria, according to Leadership.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Leadership ·
Real Madrid’s Courtois ruled out of flu-hit ClásicoThibaut Courtois, Real Madrid’s Belgian goalkeeper, will miss the Clásico against FC Barcelona on 25 October because of a flu-like syndrome. Andriy Lunin is expected to replace him, while young Ukrainian Illia Voloshyn joins the Madrid squad, reports Beninwebtv.
Two police officers in a relationship shot dead in AjaokutaTwo police officers in a relationship, Amos Yusuf and Grace Abraham, were shot dead on 23 October in Ajaokuta, in Nigeria’s Kogi State. Police are investigating the possibility of a murder followed by suicide, after months of tensions between the two officers, according to Tribune Online.The week in Africa
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