
South Africa Votes
Over twenty six millions South Africans registered to vote
Twenty five years since the end of apartheid and the first free and fair elections, millions of South Africans head to the polls to elect fresh members of the National Assembly. Focus on Africa is on the ground reporting from the queues outside the polling stations, as well as talking to those people who decided not to vote. Six million young people did not register to vote. What future for Africa's biggest democracy?
Sudan's military rulers keep discussing how to hand over power to civilians, but they insist Islamic Sharia law should stay the basis of legislation. What are the possible solutions? Sudanese journalist Mohanad Hashim wraps up the latest news from Khartoum.
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- Wed 8 May 201915:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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