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Owen Bennett Jones introduces insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. In this edition: Gabriel Gatehouse in Lagos revels in the high hopes - and traffic-free streets - of Nigeria's election; Frank Gardner traces the origins and aims of Yemen's Houthi rebels; Lina Sinjab exposes the psychological toll which four years of war have taken on Syrians, inside and beyond Syria itself; Linda Yueh strolls the Bund in Shanghai and sees many signs of a new emergent class of super-rich entrepreneurs; and Jonathan Fryer travels to Paramaribo, meeting many a fortune-seeking Brazilian on his way around Suriname. Photo: A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Lagos during presidential elections on March 29, 2015 (AFP/Getty Images)
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