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Added on the 25/07/2022 07:41:30 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
By the light of a flashlight, electoral agents begin counting ballots as polls closed in Chad's referendum on a new constitution, a vote seen as a key step toward elections and the return of civilian rule promised, which has been postponed, by the ruling military junta. IMAGES
In Bamako, a voter heads to the polling station to have his say in the referendum on the governing junta's constitution. The west African nation has been under military rule since an August 2020 coup. Some 8.4 million citizens are eligible to vote "yes" or "no" on the draft constitution in the first electoral test for leader Colonel Assimi Goita, 40, who has vowed to lead the country back to civilian rule in 2024 elections. IMAGES
A polling station wraps up affairs in Tashkent as the polls close across Uzbekistan, ending a day of voting in the Central Asian nation in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040. Mirziyoyev, 65, became president in 2016 after the death of dictator Islam Karimov. IMAGES
Polls open in Uzbekistan's constitutional referendum, kicking off a vote that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040. IMAGES
One person is killed and several injured as police fired tear gas in clashes with protesters in Guinea at the start of a bitterly-disputed referendum that critics say is a ploy by the president to stay in power. IMAGES