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Counting of votes is under way in Comoros following polls marred by allegations of fraud and delays in some polling stations.

Voting in presidential and regional elections was scheduled from 0800 (0500 GMT) to 1800 (1500 GMT) on Sunday and more than 330,000 voters were registered.

Incumbent President Azali Assoumani is facing five challengers for his bid for a fourth term.

Opposition candidates alleged instances of ballot stuffing in favour of Mr Assoumani and of closing of polling before the official time, the Reuters news agency reported.

Mr Assoumani's campaign team has denied the allegations.

The preliminary results will be released within a week, the electoral body Ceni said.

If none of the six candidates secures more than 50% of the votes, the two candidates with the most votes will head to a runoff election on 25 February.

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One of the six sisters abducted in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, over a week ago has reportedly died in captivity, sparking outrage in the country.

Unknown gunmen invaded the residence of the family in the Bwari area of Abuja and shot three police officers before kidnapping the sisters and their father.

One of the sisters, identified as Nabeehah, a university student, was reportedly killed by the abductors on Friday night after the family failed to pay a ransom of $63,000 (£50,000).

A relative who has been involved in rescue efforts told Daily Trust news website that the kidnappers have handed over Nabeehah's body to the family.

The abductors warned that they would kill the rest of the siblings if the ransom, which they have increased to $104,000, would not be paid by Wednesday, the relative said.

Two of the three injured policemen hit by bullets during the kidnap have also reportedly died.

Police said "all hands are on deck" to rescue the victims, without confirming Nabeehah's reported murder.

Opposition leader Atiku Abubakar has said Nabeehah's killing "is yet another reminder that kidnappers and bandits are operating unhindered in our country," and called for the country's security architecture to be "rejigged".

Peter Obi, leader of the opposition Labour Party, says the kidnapping in the country's capital "is a clear pointer to how insecure the rest of the country now is”.

It is illegal to pay ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria.

The Rwanda bill, which would declare it a safe country, will face fresh scrutiny from MPs this week.

Cape Verde upset Ghana with a stoppage-time goal, beating the Black Stars 2-1 to go top of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Group B.

Mohamed Salah scores an injury-time penalty to salvage a draw for Egypt against Mozambique at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan expressed her "great sadness" at the news of their deaths.

Nigeria dominate but need a Victor Osimhen equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Germany officially acknowledged committing genocide during its colonial occupation of Namibia in 2021.

Goals from Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso help hosts Ivory Coast open their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a 2-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau.

Six ways the late megachurch pastor conned millions of people to believe in his purported cures.

Acclaimed South African double bassist, writer and broadcaster Leon Bosch explores if we can define a distinctively African form of 'Western classical' music.

Drawing from his own remarkable journey as a political activist who was locked up in jail in 1970s South Africa - and as someone who for decades sought to stand apart from his African musical heritage - Leon takes us on a journey of discovery through a rich and surprising array of African and European influences: a meeting point where musical and cultural hybrids are made.

He explores the wide kaleidoscope of influences in both directions - from Ayo Bankole and Akin Euba's 'African pianism' in West Africa to the rich array of North African compositions influenced by Arabic music, to the orchestras across the continent - such as the Pan African Orchestra and Zanzibar's Culture Musical Club - in which indigenous African and European art music traditions collide.

Leon also opens up fascinating and thorny questions about 'African-ness' in music, drawing from his own past. For several decades Leon didn't play South African music, owing to the trauma of the apartheid era. Now, he embraces it with gusto - and we hear him retrace that journey on location in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

He dismantles the idea of a single 'African' classical identity, and follows how different traditions in the east, west and south of Africa - not to mention the Arab-influenced north - have interplayed with colonial, cultural and political identities to create a unique and often overlooked thread of classical music making for more than two centuries.

Contributors include acclaimed musicologist Jon Silpayamanant, researcher and expert on musical hybridity Uchenna Ngwe, pianists Rebeca Omordia and Marouan Benabdallah and composers Aanu Sodipe and Edewede Oriwoh - with art music spanning the entire continent, from Nigeria to Algeria to South Africa.

Written and Presented by Leon Bosch Produced by Steven Rajam An Overcoat Media Production

Musical excerpts featured in the programme (in order):

Grant McLachlan - Sonatina for double bass and piano (1st movement) Peter Klatzow - Concerto for marimba and string orchestra Ayo Bankole - Variations for Little Ayo, for piano Traditional Ethiopian Orthodox Church chant (St Yared Choir) Michael Moerane - Fatse la heso (My Country) Bongani Ndodana-Breen - Safika: Three Tales of African Migration for string quartet Christian Onyeji - Ekele, for piano Fela Sowande - African Suite for string orchestra: Akinla Joshua Uzoigwe - Talking Drums, for piano Ayo Bankole - Piano Sonata no.2 in C Major "The Passion" Miriam Makeba / Jeffrey Ragavoy - Pata Pata (arr. for voice and orchestra) Culture Musical Club - Binga Amekweda Kapa Pan-African Orchestra - Yaa Yaa Kole Bongani Ndodana-Breen - Flowers in the Sand, for piano Camille Saint-Saens - Samson et Dalila Gustav Holst - Beni Mora Suite for orchestra Nabil Benabdeljalil - Nocturne no.1 for piano Salim Dada - Five Miniatures, for string quartet Paul Hanmer - Scratch Pad and Six, for double bass and piano Grant McLachlan - Sonatina for double bass and piano (2nd movement) Fela Sowande - African Suite for string orchestra: Joyful Day Edewede Oriwoh - The Bright and Beautiful Continent Fela Sowande - Folk Symphony Foday Lassana Diabate - Sunjata's Time Edewede Oriwoh - Play Abdullah Ibrahim - Blue Bolero Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto no.3 (1st movement) Surendran Reddy - On The Run Aanu Sodipe - Akorin Grant McLachlan - Sonatina for double bass and piano (1st movement)

Hosts Ivory Coast open their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in Group A.

Welsh Feathers lose 59-48 to Uganda in a highly physical contest as the She Cranes take the three-match series in Cardiff 2-1.

Dates for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco are undecided amid a potential clash with the expanded Fifa Club World Cup.

Welsh Feathers coach Emily Handyside says Wales have to "look at other options and different strategies" after defeat to Uganda.

With more players now based in Saudi Arabia, could the Kingdom have a big impact on the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations?

Uganda level the series against Welsh Feathers in Cardiff to set up a decisive third Test on Saturday.