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Thousands take to the streets of Niamey, the Nigerien capital, to demand the removal of French troops from the country. Niger has braced for a weekend of planned anti-French rallies as tensions mount between the west African countries new military rulers and its traditional European ally. France has around 1,500 troops in Niger, many of them stationed at an airbase near the capital, deployed to help fight jihadist insurgency. IMAGES
Protestors gather outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok on the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government. Western powers launched a fresh broadside of sanctions against the Myanmar generals on the anniversary, but previous rounds have shown little sign of throwing the junta off course. IMAGES
Crowds rally in Sudan's capital to reject a tentative deal between military leaders and civilian factions aimed at ending the crisis since last year's military coup. IMAGES
Young protesters clash with security forces in the Guinean capital Conakry after a banned group called for demonstrations against the country's ruling junta. IMAGES
Sudanese police fire tear gas as activists call for protests against military rule in the capital Khartoum. Security forces had erected road blocks on bridges crossing the Nile river linking Khartoum to its suburbs, according to AFP reporters, to deter protesters who had vowed to take to the streets in large numbers following a period of relative calm over the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha which ended early last week. Sudan's latest coup derailed a transition to civilian rule, sparking near-weekly protests and a crackdown by security forces that has left at least 114 killed, according to pro-democracy medics. IMAGES
Greens candidate Yannick Jadot slips his ballot into the box at his polling station in Paris, during the first round of the Frenchpresidential election. IMAGES
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