With just days to go before Kenya's presidential election, the two leading candidates are still neck-and-neck in opinion polls.
Neither the incumbent, Mwai Kibaki, nor his rival, Raila Odinga, has been able to build up a decisive lead.
With the contest so even, the votes of the Muslim minority could prove crucial, as Mohamed Adow reports from Kenya's Mombasa.
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.