By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
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.
French police arrested 135 people during demonstrations involving about 35,000 participants in more than 100 cities, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said. The authorities strengthened security arrangements after violence the previous weekend, while more than 2,700 arrests have been recorded since the unrest began, the BBC reports.
🇫🇷 France · Source: Pmnewsnigeria ·
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is due to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow at a summit of gas-exporting countries on 27 October. The talks will focus on economic cooperation and geopolitical issues, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, cited by Punch.
🇷🇺 Russia · Source: Punch ·
Russia and Ukraine exchanged the remains of 252 Ukrainian military personnel for 25 Russian remains at the Novaïa Gouta border crossing in Belarus. Russian strikes then killed two people and injured 34 others in Ukraine, according to Volodymyr Zelensky, while diplomatic discussions continue, reports La Presse.
🇷🇺 Russia · Source: Lapresse ·
Kenyan President William Ruto called Wiper opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka “my friend” during a visit to Mbiuni, Machakos County. The statement came after months of political clashes, as Ruto commissioned a 1.7 billion-shilling water supply project, Tuko reports.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Tuko ·
CAF asks its 54 federations about the frequency of AFCONThe Confederation of African Football has asked its 54 federations to choose between an Africa Cup of Nations every two years or every four years. Responses are due by 28 October, before a vote at the 21 November General Assembly in Abuja, according to CAF.
Two-wheelers banned in three Salamat sub-prefecturesSalamat government delegate Ahmat Choua Rozi has banned two-wheelers until further notice in Ardo, Mouraye and Siheb after deadly clashes between herders and farmers. The measure aims to control movement and help restore calm, Tchadinfos reports.The week in Africa
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