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Felix Tshisekedi, one of the frontrunner opposition candidates, casts his vote in Kinshasa, DR Congo, in presidential elections that will shape the future of one of Africa's biggest and most unstable countries. IMAGES
Felix Tshisekedi, one of the main opposition candidates in next month's presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, returns to Kinshasa. IMAGES
"I'm hoping to get at least 55% of the votes for president," says opposition candidate and leader of the Democratic Green Party Frank Habineza, after casting his ballot in Kigali. This as incumbent candidate, President Paul Kagame, is widely expected to win another term and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. In 2017 Habineza won just 0.48 percent of the vote. Millions of Rwandans are voting in the general elections to select a president and parliamentary lawmakers. SOUNDBITE
Frank Habineza, opposition presidential candidate and leader of the only authorised opposition party, the Democratic Green Party, casts his ballot in Kigali. Millions of Rwandans began voting in presidential and parliamentary elections, with the African nation's leader Paul Kagame expected to win another term and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. IMAGES
Presidential canditate and Prime Minister Succes Masra casts his vote in N'djamena's district of Abena. The prime minister who is facing junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby has been denounced as a stooge by critics in the absence of any other serious challengers. IMAGES