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Added on the 15/10/2023 15:58:54 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Panamanians begin voting in the country's presidential elections, featuring a crowded field of eight candidates, with the protege of an ex-head of state convicted of corruption in the lead. IMAGES
Little movement is seen in the streets of Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu, placed under curfew as the Somali parliament elects the next president. MPs vote in a tent inside Mogadishu's airport complex, held under tight security by the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), with dozens of candidates vying for the position in the troubled nation as it battles an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine. IMAGES
Polls open in Colombia for the presidential run-off election pitting conservative front-runner Ivan Duque against leftist former Bogota mayor and ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro, the first since a peace deal with FARC rebels was signed. IMAGES
Ultraconservative presidential candidate Saeed Jalili casts his ballot in Iran's runoff election pitting him against reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian. The election follows the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. IMAGES
Mauritanians begin voting to decide whether to re-elect President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani as head of the desert country, an oasis of peace in Africa's volatile Sahel region. IMAGES