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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, in a much-expected TV address Sunday, stressed he was still in power after his authoritarian 37-year reign was rocked by a military takeover. He paid tribute to three pillars of power in Zimbabwe -- the military, the ruling party and the war veterans movement -- and urged national solidarity. SOUNDBITE
As Senegal's Muslims mark the end of Ramadan, the nations's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, arrives at the Grand Mosque of Dakar, to join other worshippers for the Eid al-Fitr prayers. IMAGES
People sing in the streets in Ziguinchor, an opposition stronghold, as results come in from Senegal's presidential elections. Opposition figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye appeared clearly ahead of the governing coalition's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results published by local media and on social networks. However, the governing coalition backing presidential candidate Amadou Ba said late Sunday said it was "certain" the election would go to a second-round vote. IMAGES
Supporters of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye celebrate in Dakar as their candidate begins to take a comfortable lead in the first round of Senegal's presidential election. With vote counting still underway, anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appearS ahead of the governing coalition's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results from individual polling stations broadcast by local media and on social networks. IMAGES
Senegals' anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye votes in the presidential election at the Ecole Ndiandiaye polling station in Ndiaganiao. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).