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Added on the 08/05/2019 06:09:04 - 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
South Koreans start casting their ballots in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol after a polarising campaign. IMAGES
Kuwaitis queue outside a polling station in the capital Kuwait City as polls open in the country's most inclusive elections in a decade, with some opposition groups ending a boycott after the oil-rich country's royal rulers pledged not to interfere with parliament. 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
Singaporeans vote in a general election as the city-state emerges from a major coronavirus outbreak that swept through migrant worker dormitories. The People's Action Party (PAP), which has governed Singapore for six decades, is assured of victory but faces an opposition with some popular candidates backed by the estranged brother of the country's premier. IMAGES