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Added on the 24/08/2021 14:11:30 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Ecuador's new president, the 35-year-old millionaire heir to a banana empire Daniel Noboa, takes office as the leader of a country gripped by a bloody drug war. IMAGES
Finland's new government poses for a family photo as it officially takes office today. The new conservative Prime Minister, Petteri Orpo, heads a four-party coalition including the far-right Finns Party which plans a major crackdown on immigration, the Swedish People's Party and the Christian Democrats. IMAGES
Socialist Jose Maria Neves is sworn in as president of Cape Verde, promising to strengthen relations with West Africa and the Portuguese-speaking world while ensuring to defend his island nation's "strength and stability". IMAGES
Chad's interim parliament takes office nearly two weeks after its members were named by the military junta that emerged following the death of long-time ruler Idriss Deby Itno. IMAGES
Zambia's newly elected president Hakainde Hichilema takes the oath of office before thousands of jubilant supporters in the Heroes Stadium in the capital Lusaka. In his sixth bid for the presidency, Hichilema defeated the incumbent Edgar Lungu by almost one million votes -- a landslide spurred by economic hardship and restricted freedoms under the previous regime. IMAGES