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Senegal's Constitutional Council rejects the candidacy of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to run in February's presidential election on the grounds his application was incomplete, his lawyer Cire Cledor Ly tells the press. SOUNDBITE
Supporters gather to celebrate outside the Dakar home of opposition candidate Ousmane Sonko, as anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appears ahead of the governing coalition's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results from individual polling stations broadcast by local media and on social networks. IMAGES
Supporters of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye celebrate in Dakar as their candidate begins to take a comfortable lead in the first round of Senegal's presidential election. With vote counting still underway, anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appearS ahead of the governing coalition's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results from individual polling stations broadcast by local media and on social networks. IMAGES
Polls have closed and the vote counting begins in polling stations in the Senegalese capital. Volunteers open up sealed ballot boxes and start counting the ballot papers from the first round of the country's presidential election. IMAGES
Senegalese voters cast their ballot at a polling station in Dakar to elect a new president in an unpredictable race following three years of turmoil and political crisis. 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.