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One person is killed and several injured as police fired tear gas in clashes with protesters in Guinea at the start of a bitterly-disputed referendum that critics say is a ploy by the president to stay in power. IMAGES
Guineans go to the polls in parliamentary elections and a Constitutional referendum that critics say will prolong President Alpha Conde's rule, amid violent clashes and fears about the spread of the novel coronavirus. IMAGES
Smoke billows from a night of rioting in New Caledonia, where vehicles were torched and shops looted, over a proposed constitutional reform being debated in the National Assembly in Paris that aims to widen the electorate in the territory's provincial elections and has angered separatists in the French Pacific territory. IMAGES
South African police clash with proesters demanding "no bail" for the accused in the disappearance of a six-year-old girl whose mother has been charged with trafficking and kidnapping in a case that has gripped the nation. They were prevented from entering the Vredenberg magistrates court due to space and safety concerns, with the clashes taking place shortly before the accused arrived. Joshlin Rachelin Smith went missing in Saldanha Bay, a fishing town 135 kilometres north of Cape Town in February, sparking a massive search operation. She remains missing. Four suspects have been charged. IMAGES
By the light of a flashlight, electoral agents begin counting ballots as polls closed in Chad's referendum on a new constitution, a vote seen as a key step toward elections and the return of civilian rule promised, which has been postponed, by the ruling military junta. IMAGES
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