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Ugandan pop star turned leading opposition figure Bobi Wine officially announces he will take on veteran President Yoweri Museveni in the 2021 national elections. SOUNDBITE
Voting stations across Algeria close after an hour's extension for the presidential election expected to bring a second term for incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping presides over the opening ceremony of the triennial Forum on China–Africa Cooperation. The summit is Beijing's biggest in years, with promises of cooperation in infrastructure, energy and education. IMAGES
Voters in the German state of Thuringia begin casting their ballots in regional elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right party AfD. The contests in Thuringia and Saxony come a week after three people were killed in a suspected Islamist attack, fuelling a bitter debate over immigration. IMAGES
President Joe Biden endorses Kamala Harris to defeat “loser” Donald Trump in the November election, during his emotional farewell speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday. The 81-year-old, who quit the White House race in July, urged Americans to "put a prosecutor in the Oval Office instead of a convicted felon," referring to one of Harris's previous roles. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden wins a huge ovation as he take to the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, after handing over to Kamala Harris as the party's presidential nominee. IMAGES