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Apr 2021
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Exclusive: South Sudan accused of COVID-...

Al Jazeera
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Threatened aid workers, an empty hospital, and questionable COVID testing. An exclusive investigation by The New Humanitarian and Al Jazeera has uncovered multiple allegations of corruption in South Sudan’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

In this episode: 

Sam Mednick, journalist (@sammednick), and Edmund Yakani, civil society activist and head of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization

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