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"I'm hoping to get at least 55% of the votes for president," says opposition candidate and leader of the Democratic Green Party Frank Habineza, after casting his ballot in Kigali. This as incumbent candidate, President Paul Kagame, is widely expected to win another term and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. In 2017 Habineza won just 0.48 percent of the vote. Millions of Rwandans are voting in the general elections to select a president and parliamentary lawmakers. SOUNDBITE
President Paul Kagame, widely expected to win his fourth term, casts his ballot in Kigali, in the presidential and parliamentary elections. Accompanied by the first lady, Jeannette Kagame, the president chats with the election personnel before voting. IMAGES
Presidential canditate and Prime Minister Succes Masra casts his vote in N'djamena's district of Abena. The prime minister who is facing junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby has been denounced as a stooge by critics in the absence of any other serious challengers. IMAGES
Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Democratic Republic of Congo opposition presidential casts his ballot in the general elections, at a polling center in Kinshasa. 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