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French President Emmanuel Macron meets the Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara, for a working lunch at the Élysée Palace. IMAGES
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara arrives in Berlin and is welcomed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Several African leaders are expected in the German capital to take part in the G20 "Compact with Africa" conference. IMAGES
Almost all opposition candidates in Madagascar have called on voters to shun a presidential election scheduled for November 16, raising concerns about the vote. "We reject this Thursday's election and ask the Malagasy people to pretend it doesn't exist," Hajo Andrianainarivelo, 56, tells a press conference in Antananarivo, speaking on behalf of a group bringing together almost all of the 12 opposition candidates in the running. SOUNDBITE
Shops and schools reopen in Nairobi as Kenyans go about their daily lives, despite an opposition call for anti-government protests after earlier demonstrations prompted widespread closures and deadly clashes. IMAGES
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga calls off demonstrations planned for Monday and said his party would sit down for dialogue with the government after two weeks of protests. "We stand down our demonstrations for Monday, that is tomorrow, April 3, 2023. But in doing so, we want to emphasise that the right to assemble, to demonstrate, petition, and speak are iron-clad as provided for in our constitution," the veteran opposition leader tells reporters. SOUNDBITE