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Liberian President George Weah announces a state of emergency and a lockdown of four states, including Montserrado, where the capital Monrovia is located, in order to contain the spread of coronavirus. New cases have been registered in the past days in this country still recovering from the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis. IMAGES
Jose Raul Mulino is sworn in as President of Panama during a ceremony at the Atlapa Convention Center in the capital. Mulino has promised to stop the passage of migrants through the dangerous Darien Gap and to revive the Panamanian economy dependent on the interoceanic canal. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI362A73T_EN
South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second full term as president at a ceremony in Pretoria, after his weakened African National Congress (ANC) struck a government coalition deal. IMAGES TO GO WITH 34XJ66Z
Taiwan swears in Lai Ching-te as president Monday during a ceremony attended by dozens of foreign delegations. Lai, who previously held the office of vice president under outgoing president Tsai Ing-wen, took an oath at the Presidential Office. His deputy Hsiao Bi-khim was sworn in after him. IMAGES
Left-winger Bassirou Diomaye Faye is sworn as Senegal's youngest president after sweeping to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after he was released from prison. IMAGES