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Nigerian opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari continues to lead as a majority of the country's votes are counted. Julie Noce reports.
Ghana's opposition candidate John Mahama rejects the results of the country's presidential and parliamentary elections in which president Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term. "A closer look and detailed examination of the constituencies' specific facts casts very dark clouds on our democracy," says Mahama. SOUNDBITE
"We are unable to accept the outcome of the election," says the presidential candidate of the NDC John Mahama, adding, "These results are flawed and discredited. When it comes to the parliamentary election, the NDC won a working majority of 140 seats." Mahama was addressing the nation after President Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term with 51.59 percent of the vote. SOUNDBITE
Opposition party members celebrate alongside Ekrem Imamoglu after the opposition candidate for Istanbul mayor was reported to lead by nearly 28,000 votes after the weekend local election according to Supreme Election Board (YSK) chairman Sadi Guven. IMAGES of celebrations after the vote result
Presidential canditate and Prime Minister Succes Masra casts his vote in N'djamena's district of Abena. The prime minister who is facing junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby has been denounced as a stooge by critics in the absence of any other serious challengers. IMAGES