early on monday the european union, the african union economic community of west africa state releasedtheir preliminary findings of how the poll went. they say that things went relatively well. people came out in large numbers. the election was relatively peaceful despite some of the technical hitches with the card reeders that were used to make sure there was not fraudulent voting. of the 150,000 or so polling stations only around 350 of them were effected. so relatively small numbers it's not exactly clear what the basis of the u.s. u.k. and u.s. government are saying but generally speaking the process itself has been given a clean bill of health by quite a number of international organizations who have been here. >> well, the pentagon is set to roll out a series of new proposals today and to attract and keep troops needed to fight modern wars. that means updating retirement pay. most troops will get a 401k retirement account. most have to have 20 years of service for a pension and most don't qualify. the pentagon wants 6,000 people for its cyber mission. it's half that right now. an

>> my sense is that both for the african union and its regional economic communities that they are moreinterested, my personal opinion, a programmer so, more interested in seeking collaboration between the member states of each region and the larger african union. there is as you rightly point out, there is a fiscal reality here that's is probably the au without external funding from the international community such as the african union mission in somalia would not come simply would not have the wherewithal to undertake a significant private contracting military effort. i think the same would probably be true for the regional economic communities. i think there is a role though as the african union and the regional economic communities grapple with african standby forces and greater collaboration. there may well be a role for private security companies military enterprise errs to help the various nations build a degree of standardization and interoperability so that the regional economic communities subsequent african union have a force that is more interoperable and is more effective a

the european union the african union and economic community of west african state released preliminary findings on how the poll went, saying that broadly speaking, things went relatively well, people came out in large numbers, the election was relatively peaceful, despite some of the technical hitches with the card readers that were intros died to make sure there wasn't fraudulent voting and the late arrival of electoral materials. we know speaking to the international electoral commission that of the 150,000 polling stations, only around 350 of them were affected, so a relatively small number. it's not exactly clear the basis of what the u.k. and u.s. government are saying, but the elections generally speaking, the process itself is, i think it's fair to say given a clean bill of health by quite a number of international organizations who have been here. >> all right so counting underway. when can we expect results? >> well, i think we're in for a very long night nick. just behind me, the chairman of the independent national electoral commission is at a podium with other senior offici

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