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Added on the 26/07/2023 13:15:36 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Street scenes near the presidential palace in the Nigerien capital Niamey after a foiled overnight coup staged by soldiers, two days before new president Mohamed Bazoum takes office. It will be Niger's first democratic transfer of power between two presidents since independence from France in 1960. IMAGES
The Cité Député polling station, in Niamey's outskirts, prepares to close its polls before vote counting begins in Niger's presidential run-off between two political heavyweights that is set to bring about the first democratic transition of power in the coup-prone country's history. IMAGES
The new French Prime Minister heads to the presidential palace for a working meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, after receiving former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal for the Macronist group and conservative leaders, Laurent Wauquiez, Bruno Retailleau and the President of the Senate, Gerard Larcher. IMAGES
An armored military vehicle rams a door of the presidential palace while troops gather in the Plaza Murillo in Bolivia's capital La Paz. Bolivian President Luis Arce denounced the unauthorized gathering of soldiers and tanks, writing on the X social network that "democracy must be respected." IMAGES
Soldiers of the British Coldstream Guard, wearing their traditional "bearskin" tall fur cap, take part in the changing of the Republican Guard on the steps of the presidential palace in Paris, to celebrate 120 years of Entende Cordiale agreements between France and the UK. 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.