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Kenya's post-election wrangling continues in the courts

Focus on Africa

Aug 22, 202233:57

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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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