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More aid arrives in Somalia as relatives abroad also answer call

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

Somalia gets help from allies and from its diaspora in the wake of Saturday's bomb attack. The head of Kenya's electoral commission has said it will be difficult to stage a credible re-run of the country's presidential election next week -- but his concerns have been dismissed by the government. Also: why are young Gambians ignoring a call by their new president to stay in the country?

(Picture: Somali aid officials unload airlifted supplies from a cargo plane at Mogadishu airport. Credit: BBC.)

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Wed 18 Oct 201719:06GMT

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