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Jul 2021
13m 15s

How’s Africa doing at the Olympics?

Bbc World Service
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The medals, the surprises, the controversies. With the first week of the Olympics almost at the end, it’s time to take stock. Are African athletes bringing home the deserved gold? And, with Covid cases reaching new heights in Japan, are the pandemic Games living up to all the hype?

Host: Alan Kasujja (@Kasujja on Twitter) Guest: Victoria Uwonkunda, BBC reporter (@Msuwonkunda on Twitter)

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