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Electoral campaign closes in Angola
Angola is holding elections on Wednesday, with seats in the country’s National Assembly and the office of the president on the line.
As the electoral campaign draws to a close in Angola, president João Lourenço makes his case for running a second time. But there are seven other contendents fighting for the top seat. A report from journalist Israel Campos in Luanda.
Also in the programme: A locally manufactured boozy drink is suspected to be behind the death of more than ten people in Uganda; Tigray authorities stand accused of blocking remittances thousands of families rely on; And, after 33 years, Sudanese journalists form a Union.
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