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Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was on Monday declared winner of a hotly contested presidential election after capturing more than 2.8 million votes. "I therefore declare the said Hakainde Hichilema to be president-elect of the Republic of Zambia," electoral commission chairman Justice Esau Chulu said in a televised address. SOUNDBITE
Soldiers are seen outside the home of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine, who told journalists the military had entered his property earlier. IMAGES
Malawi's electoral commission announces that opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has won this week's presidential election re-run with 58.57 percent of the vote, at a press conference in Blantyre. SOUNDBITE
Syrian government forces say they are advancing against Islamic State in Aleppo province, although the main opposition says 'moderate' rebels are also being targeted. Mana Rabiee reports.
With the presidential vote count still underway, Ugandan police fire teargas at supporters of the leading opposition party outside its headquarters in the capital Kampala, just before taking main opposition candidate Kizza Besigye away in a van. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).