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General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who overthrew Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that had ruled the oil-rich central African nation since 1967, is sworn in as interim president in Gabon. Taking the oath of office, he promised "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe. IMAGES
A helicopter takes off from a military airport, after the landing of Burkina's ex-president, Blaise Compaoré, following 8 years in exile. A convoy of vehicles is also seen leaving the site. IMAGES
Mali's interim President and Vice President, Bah Ndaw and Colonel Assimi Goita, are sworn in during a ceremony in the capital Bamako. The inauguration ceremony took place in a theatre filled with facemask-wearing military officials, senior judges, and foreign envoys. IMAGES
A military ceremony is held in Warsaw after Andzej Duda was sworn in for a second five-year term in office in Poland. In the second round of the presidential election, he narrowly defeated the liberal mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski, 51-49%. Some of the opposition MPs boycotted the ceremony in parliament. IMAGES
Robin Williams talks to us what it was like and the changes we have been through over the past fifty years as he takes a break on the set of "The Butler" where he plays "Dwight Eisenhower". He compares it to having a "black President" today.
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa casts his vote in a referendum on proposed tougher measures to fight gang-related crime in Olon, Santa Elena Province. IMAGES
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