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Images of soldiers patrolling the streets of Ecuador's capital, Quito, on armored vehicles after President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency. The small South American country has been plunged into crisis after years of growing control by transnational cartels that use its ports to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe. IMAGES
Shops shut early in northern Quito, Ecuador's capital, after hooded gunmen stormed a television studio and gangsters threatened to execute security forces and civilians. IMAGES
Images released by Ecuador's Armed Forces show military personnel and police officers carrying out a joint operation at the Zonal Penitentiary No 8 in the major port of Guayaquil. It comes amid the state of emergency declared in Ecuador on August 10, following the assassination of popular presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio ahead of the elections. The leader of one of Ecuador's most powerful criminal groups Los Choneros, known as 'Fito', is incarcerated at the penitentiary. IMAGES
Footage shows an explosion conducted by the so-called Ecuadorian Security Bloc, a unit integrated by the Police and Armed Forces to combat drug trafficking, at the maximum security prison in the port of Guayaquil (southwest) in order to foil an explosive-equipped drone attack. IMAGES
Nationwide anti-government protests against the spiraling cost-of-living begin in Nigeria, including Lagos, with hundreds marching amid heavy security. Africa's most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued currency after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu introduced reforms a year ago that aimed to revive the economy. IMAGES
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