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New interim leader of Tigray appointed

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia appoints Getachew Reda as interim leader of Tigray.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appoints Getachew Reda - voice of the Tigrayan conflict - the new interim leader in the north.

How a prominent Nigerian senator and his wife fell foul of modern slavery laws in the UK.

Also: the freed hostage - Olivier du Bois - on listening to the radio while in captivity in Mali.

(Image: Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray authorities flanked by other officials. Credit: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo.)

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Thu 23 Mar 202317:06GMT
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