Guinea elections Episode 1: Campaigning turns festive ahead of Sunday’s poll

We look at the upcoming presidential election in Malawi. The re-run will take place on June 23 after the results of the previous election were cancelled. We speak to the president of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Lazarus Chakwera. Also, South African restaurants prepare to re-open after a strict lockdown. We show you how the celebrated Wolfgat restaurant has been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. And Moroccan authorities say 2020 could be the worst year for the economy in the last two decades. That's due to the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing drought.

Russian state pollster VCIOM published an exit poll showing a vast majority of Russians backing proposed reforms which will allow Putin to run for president again in 2024 and potentially stay in power until 2036, days before the end of voting.

An exit poll published by the Belarusian state media puts strongman Alexander Lukashenko at nearly 80% of the vote in the presidential election. His rival Svetlana Tikhanovskaya rejected the poll amid rising tensions.

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In tonight's edition: Nigerian police promise to stop using force against protesters who have demonstrated against the violent SARS police unit. And Guinea enters the final stretch of campaigning ahead of this weekend's presidential election. Finally, people living on Senegal's famous Goree Island, a former slave trading centre, have welcomed its recent reopening after seven months without tourism.

Donald Trump calls on his supporters to deliver Democrats "a thundering defeat" at elections on November 3rd, during a campaign rally in Tuscon, Arizona. The US President also lists French president Emmanuel Macron along with Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un as leaders "very much at the top of their game".

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives to clapping and congratulations at her first caucus meeting since winning a historic outright majority in Saturday's poll.

Former US president Barack Obama warned on Wednesday against complacency despite favorable opinion polls during his first public rally in support of Democratic challenger Joe Biden ahead of the November 3 election.

Morocco normalises relations with Israel as the US, in turn, pledges to recognise Rabat's sovereignty over the Western Sahara. We look at the history of that conflict. Also, there's a landmark victory for rape survivors in Kenya as the High Court awards compensation to four women who were assaulted after the 2007 election. It's the first time judges have officially recognised post-election sexual violence. And making clothes for those who fled with nothing: we meet a tailor who has set up shop on the Sudanese-Ethiopian border, helping those who recently fled the conflict in Tigray.

Rebels attacked polling stations following presidential elections on Sunday. Meanwhile, officials found that over 14% of voting centers did not operate after attacks on voters and poll staffers.

More and more people are losing hope in the German government’s inoculation campaign. But family doctors are ready to help, and the health minister has said the vaccination pace will pick up.

As the governorship election in Anambra state draws, the Eastern senatorial district has called for strict adherence to zoning to promote equality and fairness.