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Added on the 22/01/2017 22:05:20 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images showing the celebrations last night in N'Djamena, Chad, after General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was declared the winner of the presidential election, three years after taking power at the head of a military junta. His defeated Prime Minister Succès Masra is contesting the victory. The images also show the security arrangements deployed in the Chadian capital following the announcement of the results. IMAGES
Heads of state from member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrive in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to discuss the situation in Niger, which has been under sanctions for seven months, at a new extraordinary summit of the regional organisation. IMAGES
Images of EU, Ukraine foreign ministers arriving for a meeting in Kyiv. The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has announced that all of the bloc's foreign ministers were for the first time meeting beyond its borders, in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. "We are convening a historic meeting of EU Foreign Ministers here in Ukraine, candidate country and future member of the EU. We are here to express our solidarity and support to the Ukrainian people," Borrell said in a statement on social media. IMAGES
West African leaders arrive at the extraordinary summit on Niger, in Abuja. ECOWAS is not ruling out the use of armed force to reinstate the overthrown president Mohamed Bazoum, meanwhile the regime that emerged from the coup has just announced the formation of a government. IMAGES
Slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba's only surviving remains, a single tooth, arrives in Kinshasa where it is due to be laid to rest later this week. IMAGES