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Added on the 29/05/2024 08:10:43 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
First voters in Soweto cast their ballots in South Africa's local elections, a few months after a wave of riots and looting rocked the country. Polls suggest a majority of voters could for the first time turn against the ANC, which has governed nationally since Nelson Mandela's election ended white rule in 1994. IMAGES
Voting gets under way in Souh Africa in national elections which the ruling ANC party, in power since 1994, is the favourite to win despite corruption scandals and sluggish economic growth and record unemployment.
The African National Congress (ANC) conference starts in Johannesburg as some 4,500 delegates, from all across of South Africa, gather to chose their next party leader. "Viva ANC", shouts President Cyril Ramaphosa, who hopes to be re-elected as ANC leader a few days after he dodged impeachment in a parliament vote. IMAGES
The first voters arrive at a polling station in Seoul to cast their ballots in the South Korean presidential election. Record early voting indicates turnout will be high after a campaign dominated by mud-slinging between liberal Lee Jae-myung and conservative Yoon Suk-yeol. IMAGES
Voters in Cape Verde, a bastion of democracy in Africa, go to the polls for parliamentary elections after a campaign dominated by the Covid pandemic and its impact on a tourism-dependent economy. Prime Minister Correia e Silva runs for re-election in this country with a semi-parliamentary system in which the prime minister wields executive power. IMAGES