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Nigeria readies for elections
Millions of Nigerians gear up for presidential elections scheduled for Saturday.
Nearly 100 million Nigerians gear up for Saturday's presidential elections, but the economic woes and lack of Naira, not Presidential hopefuls, take centre stage.
Also, a BBC investigation exposes sexual abuse on Kenya's tea plantations.
Plus, the co-writer and lead actress of the new series African Queens, tell us about Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba.
(Image: A worker carries electoral materials into an Independent National Electoral Comission (INEC) warehouse, prior to the Nigerian presidential elections, in Gusau, Zamfara, Nigeria. Credit: REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja.)
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