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Senegalese President Macky Sall casts his vote in Fatick, 150km southeast of Dakar, as the country elects its parliament. The election is a test for the president to maintain loyalty, while the opposition hopes the results will force a coalition. Sixty-year-old Sall, who was elected in 2012 for seven years then re-elected in 2019 for another five, has been accused of wanting to break the two-term limit and run again in 2024. IMAGES
The leader of the main opposition coalition, Ousmane Sonko, votes at a polling station in Zinguinchor in southern Senegal. The Senegalese people will elect their MPs on Sunday, July 31, in a vote that the opposition wants to use to impose a cohabitation on President Macky Sall, who hopes to retain a large majority. IMAGES
Peruvians head to the polls for legislative elections that President Martin Vizcarra hopes will put an end to a political crisis and clear the way for anti-corruption reforms. IMAGES
President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea-Bissau votes in in legislative élections. Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament in the hope of ending a protracted leadership deadlock in a country that has become renowned for drug trafficking and instability. IMAGES
The son of Senegal's former president is charged with corruption, but Karim Wade says his fortune of over one billion euros is legitimate. We also speak to a British theatre producer deported from his home in Uganda for putting on a play featuring a character who is gay. And in Ivory Coast, artists are not only making their mark on the capital, they're even making a profit.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).