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Added on the 18/03/2018 18:00:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
INEC officials begin to count votes at a polling station in Lagos, where people have gathered to count along and make sure the votes are properly registered. Nigerians streamed out to vote in what many hope would be a fairer election for a new leader who would deliver the country from widespread insecurity and economic malaise. IMAGES
General Mahamat Idriss Deby, head of the Chadian junta, votes at a polling station in N'djamena. The presidential election marks an end of a three year military rule, with an unprecedented match between Deby and his prime minister, Succes Masra, the former opponent of his regime. IMAGES
Panamanian presidential candidate for the Democratic Change party (Cambio Democrático) Romulo Roux votes in the country's presidential elections. The vote comes as Panama is grappling with deep-rooted corruption, a severe drought that has hobbled its economically critical Panama Canal, and a stream of US-bound migrants passing through its jungles. IMAGES
Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Democratic Republic of Congo opposition presidential casts his ballot in the general elections, at a polling center in Kinshasa. IMAGES
Ecuador's presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez, runner-up to socialist ex-president Rafael Correa, votes in the second round of the election. IMAGES