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Polling stations open in Côte d'Ivoire for presidential elections after a campaign marked by inter-community violence. Two of the four candidates are boycotting the vote OVER President Alassane Ouattara's contested attempt to secure a third term. Voting started shortly after 0800 local time (0800 GMT) in the working-class area of Abobo, in the main city of Abidjan. IMAGES
The last voters cast their ballot before polls close in Chad's presidential elections at 5pm local time (1600 GMT) and vote counting begins. President Idriss Deby Itno, ruler for the last three decades, is set to win a sixth term. IMAGES
Vote counting starts in Benin after polls closet at 4pm local time (1500 GMT) in presidential elections. President Patrice Talon, cotton tycoon first elected to lead the West African nation in 2016, faces two little-known rivals, Alassane Soumanou and Corentin Kohoue in Sunday's vote. IMAGES
Polls in Abidjan close and the counting of ballots begins for Ivory Coast's parliamentary elections. More than seven million voters are choosing their deputies following a campaign without major incidents that raised hopes for a return to a peaceful political climate, four months after a turbulent presidential election. IMAGES
Polls open in Abidjan as Ivory Coast holds parliamentary elections in a key test of stability after presidential elections last year were marred by violence. IMAGES