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Little movement is seen in the streets of Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu, placed under curfew as the Somali parliament elects the next president. MPs vote in a tent inside Mogadishu's airport complex, held under tight security by the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), with dozens of candidates vying for the position in the troubled nation as it battles an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine. IMAGES
Lima, Jun 15 (EFE).- The leftist schoolteacher waiting for Peruvian election authorities to certify his victory over right-winger Keiko Fujimori in the June 6 presidential runoff said Tuesday that all sides should respect the outcome of the vote.
Lima, Jun 11 (EFE).- Peru's National Electoral Court (JNE) did a rapid about-face on Friday, dropping a plan to extend the deadline for challenges to last weekend's presidential runoff after the campaign of the apparent winner denounced the move as an attempted coup.The JNE "reconsidered" the decision and resolved not to accept any challenges filed after the statutory cutoff of 8:00 pm June 9, Peruvian media reported. (Camera:MIKHAIL HUACAN).SHOT LIST: SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEDRO CASTILLO PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS JURY (JNE), IN LIMA, PERU AND B-ROLL OF A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE PARTY OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEDRO CASTILLO, IN LIMA, PERU
Lima, Jun 8 (EFE).- Peru's presidential candidate Pedro Castillo from Free Peru party has received 113,193 votes more than his rival Keiko Fujimori of the right-wing Popular Force, in the presidential elections, where 96.86 percent of the votes have already been counted. (Camera:MIKHAIL HUACAN).SHOT LIST: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEDRO CASTILLO SPEAKS WITH HIS SUPPORTERS IN LIMA, PERU.SOUND BITE:PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEDRO CASTILLO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: I call on the electoral authorities, please be respectful for Peru, for democracy, for our country. Let's not taint the will of the Peruvian people.
Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori casts her vote in Lima as Peruvians choose new president, in a country desperate for an end to years of political turbulence. IMAGES