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With Kenya's opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) and its presidential candidate Raila Odinga rejecting the election result as fraudulent, the head of BBC Africa tweets:

Kenya has never seen such a fraudulent election in its history, opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has alleged.

His comments came as official results show that President Kenyatta and his Jubilee party have taken a comfortable lead as votes are counted following yesterday's general election.

Here's a tweet posted on Mr Odinga's account:

Kenya's main opposition leader Raila Odinga has alleged that electoral fraud was "massive and extensive".

Speaking at a press conference, he added that President Uhuru Kenyatta must "go home", Reuters news agency reports.

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Kenya's opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has urged his supporters to remain calm, Reuters news agency reports.

But it quotes him as adding: "I don't control the people."

The University of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria has taken drastic measures after a spate of attacks from Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

It is digging a trench 27km (17 miles) long around its campus to keep the jihadists out.

At least 70 lecturers from the University of Maiduguri have resigned since 2009 when Islamist militants group began terrorising the city's residents.

The number of students enrolling has dropped significantly since the insurgency started in Maiduguri, the former headquarters of Boko Haram, says Dani Mamman, union chairman for the university’s academic staff.

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Kenya's main opposition leader Raila Odinga has accused hackers of "manipulating" election data, a BBC reporter tweets from the capital, Nairobi:

Nearly half of the 19 million people who were eligible to vote in Kenya's general election were aged under 35.

But young people are struggling to make their voices heard and are being ignored by the country's politicians, according to spoken word artist Poeta.

He tells the BBC's Alan Kasujja what he thinks needs to change:

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Ten football fans have been arrested in Senegal in connection witha stampede which killed eight people at a match in the capital, Dakar, last month, police have said.

The ten - all supporters of local team Union Sportive Ouakam - were being held on suspicion of murder and premeditated assault, a police official told AFP.

Stade de Mbour were playing Union Sportive Ouakam when a wall at the stadium collapsed, killing eight people and injuring almost 90.

It fell in after fighting began between rival fans and police responded with tear gas, with a stampede ensuing.

After millions of Kenyans went to the polls in yesterday's general election, early results indicate a strong lead for President Uhuru Kenyatta who is seeking a second term in office.

There were eight candidates in all but, apart from Mr Kenyatta and main opposition leader Raila Odinga, none polled more than 0.3% of the vote.

Here's how newspapers in Kenya are reporting the news:

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Kenyan opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has rejected early results indicating a strong lead for his rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Mr Odinga told journalists the details were "fake", because the authorities had failed to present documents verifying the results.

Electoral officials say that with 91% of results in Mr Kenyatta is leading with about 54.5%, to Mr Odinga's 44.6%.

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