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Protests break out in Ethiopia’s Tigray
People are demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops.
Thousands of people in Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken to the streets to demand the return of those displaced during the two-year conflict and the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops.
A new BBC investigation has looked into what’s behind the power cuts in South Africa – as Eskom warns they will get worse over winter.
And we speak to Dr Gladys Kalema about her work protecting gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
(Captive Ethiopian soldiers walk towards Mekele Rehabilitation Center in Mekele. Credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba /AFP via Getty Images).
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