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On Daybreak Africa: Ballots are being counted in South Africa after a nationwide poll that's been described as the most important in thirty years. Plus, the East African Community halts its activities over a financial crisis. Ugandan University students petition Parliament over the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project. We’ll take you to the Africa Development Bank’s annual meeting in Nairobi. An analyst says West African leaders should do more to prevent constitutional changes to stay in power. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!

African Beat showcases the latest and the greatest of contemporary African music and conversation. From Benga to Juju, Hip Life to Bongo Flava, Bubu to Soukous and more, host David Vandy has his finger on the pulse of the hottest African music and related issues today.

Results are trickling in from yesterday's South Africa election after a robust voter turnout. Africa has what it takes to transform its economies but faces rigid barriers including a unfriendly global financial architecture, say leaders who gathered this week for the Africa Development Bank’s annual summit. U.S. officials and cyber experts say Russia is already spreading disinformation ahead of the US election, using fake online accounts and bots to hurt candidates, and one expert says not enough is being done to fight the threat.