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Speaking up for people with disabilities
Ghanaian Getrude Oforiwa Fefoame wants African governments to adopt an Africa Disability protocol.
Ghanaian Getrude Oforiwa Fefoame who campaigns for the rights of Persons with Disabilities and is the Global Adovacy Manager for Sightsavers, would like African countries to adopt an Africa Disability protocol.
Plus Burkina Faso’s coup leader Paul-Henri Damiba has promised to deal with the mounting insecurity after being inaugurated as the country’s new president.
And hundreds of Gambians are embracing a new exercise regime of walking several miles at a time, in order to stay healthy.
Photo: Getrude Oforiwa Fefoame. Credit: Sightsavers.
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