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Countdown to Liberia's Election

One day before Liberia goes to the polls to choose a new president, in the country's first democratic power transfer for more than 70 years.

We are in Liberia, on the eve of elections to choose a democratically-elected successor to Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

There is uncertainty over whether Catalonia's leader will declare independence from Spain, following last week's disputed referendum.

And trials involving more than 1,500 Boko Haram suspects are due to begin in Nigeria.

53 minutes

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Mon 9 Oct 201705:06GMT

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  • Mon 9 Oct 201705:06GMT