Campaigning draws to a close in Nigeria, two days before the presidential vote. Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and his rival Muahammadu Buhari have issued a joint statement calling for calm. In this edition we'll be bringing you a series of reports on voters' hopes and fears, delays in voting cards distribution.

And in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says it'll withdraw 2,000 MONUSCO peacekeepers in the ongoing quarrel with Kinshasa.

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