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Heads of state are in attendance and the Angolan armed forces take part in a ceremonial parade as part of the inauguration of President João Lourenço, who will be serving a second term. IMAGES
In Angola, people vote in the Presidential elections. The incumbent João Lourenço turns up to vote with his wife, at the same polling station as the president of the electoral commission also casts his ballot. IMAGES
"The CNE proclaims, as President of the Republic of Angola, Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco," says commission head Manuel Pereira da Silva during a press conference. Official results indicate the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola won 51.17 percent of the ballots against 43.95 percent for the main challenger the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). SOUNDBITE
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi meets his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco as part of his first trip abroad since being elected. IMAGES of the two leaders meeting
Angolan presidential candidate Joao Lourenço casts his vote in an election marking the end of President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos's 38-year reign, with his MPLA party set to retain power despite an economic crisis. Lourenço is Dos Santos' chosen successor, a loyalist expected to avoid immediate change in a government often criticised for corruption and its failure to tackle dire poverty. IMAGES
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Bellevue Castle in Berlin. Zelensky's visit is aimed at rallying Western support for his embattled troops ahead of the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine. IMAGES
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