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Aug 2022
33m 57s

Kenya's post-election wrangling continue...

Bbc World Service
About this episode

The Kenyan Presidential contender, Raila Odinga, has filed a legal challenge to last week's election results.

And we look at the aftermath of a two-day siege in a bombed hotel in Mogadishu, which finally ended after 30 hours.

Much more on those stories and others in this podcast.

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