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Should pre-marital sickle cell testing be mandatory?

Some in Nigeria are calling for mandatory sickle cell testing before marriage; what is happening with Sierra Leone's opposition?; The Catholic Church says 3,000 people have been killed in the Kasai region of the DR Congo since August

(Picture: A sickle cell test underway. Credit: Getty Images)

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Tue 20 Jun 201719:06GMT
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