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Chaos in Kenya ahead of polls

Last minute preparations for presidential election in Kenya.

Hundreds of Kenyans rush to collect national identification cards necessary to cast their vote, while many others experience travel woes on the eve of the country's general elections.Β  Observers highlight a few issues ahead of the polls as the Electoral Commission suspends voting in four areas over ballot paper issues.Β  PlusΒ  some Kenyans tell us about the panic-buying that's now started.

Also, the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, is the latest international diplomat onΒ  a charm offensive to woo the continent.. We hear from South Africa.

And Ethiopia's Rophnan, DJ turned musician fuses electronic with traditional sounds.

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