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First Results Announced in Zimbabwe Elections
Election results are gradually being released in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission is accused of unacceptable delays in releasing results of the poll but the head of the Zimbabwe Electoral commission has called for patience.
Shocking images have emerged of disturbing conditions in some of Sierra Leone's prisons, and the country's Internal Affairs minister visits to see for himself.
And we hear from Zimbabwean gospel singer Wellington Kwenda on how Africa's 'spiced-up' version is being received in the US.
(Image: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba [C]. Credit: EPA)
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