On this edition of Africa 54, as the vote counting continues in several key battleground states, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that he was being cheated out of a second term; Democratic nominee Joe Biden inches closer to securing 270 electoral votes to win the White House; Ethiopia’s parliament validates a six-month state of emergency in the northern Tigray region, after launching a military campaign on the region despite international pleas for negotiation to avoid a civil war.