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Ukraine crisis: African students tell of their evacuation ordeal

We hear from African students who have walked for days in freezing temperatures to reach the Ukrainian border.

African people trying to leave Ukraine tell how they have walked for days in freezing temperatures to reach the border. We have a report from neighbouring Poland.

A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has temporarily removed control of a huge copper and cobalt mine from its Chinese owners.

And we hear from an avid listener in The Gambia, who does not speak English, but tunes in everyday to the BBC to try to understand what is happening in the world.

Photo: The BBC's Peter Okwoche speaks to African students at the Polish/Ukrainian border.

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Tue 1 Mar 202215:06GMT

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