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Today we hear the story of migrants making the voyage from Libya to Ravenna on a rescue

boat in a week where tragedy struck the coast of Calabria.

The verdict in the trial of a former Mexican government drug star has shattered people's

faith in the country's ability to tackle the drug cartels.

In honor of farmers in Lebanon are having a difficult harvest like many other fruit growers,

we hear how they're trying to adapt.

And in Ukraine, amid a reporting assignment following a Ukrainian soldier and the lives

of his two daughters, our correspondent recalls his own life-threatening incident.

First Nigeria elected a new president this week against a backdrop of voter intimidation

and claims of electoral fraud.

Mr. Ahmed Tinubu returned the governing all-progressive congress party to par, winning just over 36% of

the vote.

But although the wealthy former governor of Lagos defeated his main opponents, Atiku

Abubaka and Peter Obi, he managed to lose control of his home state.

Mr. Obi's victory there was seen as symbolic of how far voters have become disillusioned

with the political class, and a reflection of Nigeria's more galvanized youth vote.

Controversy has now centered around the newly introduced electoral voting machines which

it was hoped would make the process more transparent and less vulnerable to manipulation.

But as Yemasey Adagokhe discovered, this did little to quell people's concerns, especially

among young people.

When covering elections in Nigeria, the rule of thumb is to expect the unexpected.

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