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Zambia prepares to vote
Sixteen candidates are contesting Zambia鈥檚 presidential election on 12 August.
Zambians go to the polls on 12 August to elect the president and National Assembly.
Plus the World Health Organization co-ordinates an emergency response to West Africa's first case of the highly infectious Marburg virus in Guinea.
And Somali author Nadifa Mohamed on her latest novel The Fortune Men, which has been longlisted for this year鈥檚 Booker Prize.
Photo: Election campaign posters in Zambia. Credit: AFP
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