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Added on the 08/02/2021 14:31:03 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Right-wing lawyer Jose Raul Mulino accepts victory as Panama's president-elect with 34% of the vote, nine points above his immediate follower, announced the Electoral Tribunal after 90% of the polling stations had been counted. "I accept the results expressed, which represent the will of the majority of Panamanians within our democracy," he says. SOUNDBITE
Chad's transitional president, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, casts his vote as polls open in a referendum on a new constitution, with the vote seen as a key step towards elections and the return of civilian rule promised, but postponed, by the ruling military junta. IMAGES
Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani meets with China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Rome. IMAGES
The US attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, announces during a press conference the arrest of four people over the July 7, 2021, assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. SOUNDBITE
Kenya's Supreme Court rules that President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to change the constitution was illegal, dealing a blow to him and his allies ahead of key elections in August. SOUNDBITE