Hello, in the From Our Own Correspondent Studios at Broadcasting House in London.

You've downloaded the latest edition of the programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

It's introduced by Kate Aide.

Hello. In this programme, Egyptians trade freedom for stability and prepare to vote for a former

field marshal now in civilian clothes.

Crucial votes elsewhere too, a special efforts required to bring in the European ballot

papers from remote islands off the west coast of Ireland.

And the oldest congressman in Texas flips pancakes and says at 91 he's not too old to serve

the public. But first there's deepening anger in Nigeria at the failure of the

government to tackle Boko Haram, the militants behind the kidnapping

of hundreds of school girls and the campaign of violence spreading throughout the country.

There have been claims the authorities did nothing even though they were warned in advance

there was a plan to kidnap the girls and there was to be a bombing in the central city of Joss.

There were two huge explosions there on Tuesday, one in a bustling marketplace.

Gabriel Gatehouse says few now in Nigeria believe the military can defeat Boko Haram

and there's not much optimism that the school girls will be rescued either.

The activists gather at Unity Fountain Park.

It's not a park, really, but a thin strip of green in the middle of an urban highway in Central Abuja.

The fountain itself bears the names of the 26 states that make up this vast and diverse country.

Its water spouts stand idle and dry. You can't fault the

protesters for determination. They've been coming here at three o'clock every

afternoon since the beginning of May. They bring folding chairs and mats and bottles of water for the thirsty.

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