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UN chief visits insurgency victims in Nigeria’s Borno state
UN Secretary General António Guterres is on a tour of West Africa.
The UN Secretary General António Guterres, who is on a tour of West Africa, is visiting Nigeria’s Borno state to meet with families affected by Islamist insurgency.
Mali’s military government says it is breaking off all defence agreements and co-operation with its former colonial ruler France.
And on World Press Freedom day, we have a report from Ethiopia on the impact the war is having on the rights of expression across the country.
Photo: UN Secretary General António Guterres delivers a speech at an internally displaced persons camp during his stop in Niger. Credit: AFP.
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