By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
US President Donald Trump voted early in Florida, ten days before the midterm elections. He is also continuing his attacks on the Democrats and questioning the reliability of the election, reports Le Monde.
Donald Trump says the United States could launch new military operations against Iran, after several months of conflict between Washington, Israel and Tehran. The US president also called on Iranian leaders to resume negotiations, according to Jamhurimedia, citing his remarks in Florida.
🇮🇷 Iran · Source: Jamhurimedia ·
Global oil prices rose by 3.82% for Brent and 3.14% for WTI, reaching $116 and $103 a barrel respectively. The increase followed Donald Trump’s threat to launch a new military operation against Iran, the Daily Post reports.
🇮🇷 Iran · Source: Daily Post ·
South Africa’s Electoral Commission must print about 27 million ballot papers by Friday 30 October after 32 parties excluded from the municipal elections were reinstated. Its director-general Sy Mamabolo said the Constitutional Court decision complicated logistics just days before the 4 November vote, according to TimesLIVE.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: TimesLIVE ·
Jordan Bardella was re-elected president of the National Rally with 98.98% of the vote, unopposed, at the party’s congress in Orléans. The counter-demonstration held on the sidelines drew between 13,000 and 26,000 people, according to authorities and organisers, Agence France-Presse reports.
🇫🇷 France · Source: L’essentiel ·
Russian strikes kill at least four people in UkraineRussian strikes have killed at least four people in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, according to Le Monde. In Kharkiv, regional military administration chief Oleh Synehoubov reported one death and four injuries in a night-time attack.
Félix Tshisekedi accuses Kabila of never loving DR CongoPresident Félix Tshisekedi accused Joseph Kabila of never having loved the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the former head of state chose to join the armed struggle against the government. At a meeting with members of the Sacred Union, he also called Kabila a “coward”, according to remarks reported by journalist Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala.The week in Africa
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