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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
Biram Dah Abeid, a human rights activist and one of the incumbent president's main rivals votes in Nouakchott in Mauritania's presidential election. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
As Zambians await the results of the presidential election, supporters of Hakainde Hichilema, leader of the United Party for National Development (UPND) and long-time rival of President Edgar Lungu, gather outside the opposition party offices in the capital Lusaka. IMAGES
Zambian opposition presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema casts his ballot in a general election after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes, a debt crisis and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.