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Dec 2022
28m 18s

Hopes for real peace in Tigray

Bbc World Service
About this episode

After two years of being cut off and lives devastated by the civil war in Tigray, an Ethiopian Government delegation arrives in Mekelle, the capital of the region.

Also, tragedy has rocked Boksburg community in South Africa after a tanker explosion.

Plus, thousands displaced and living in Kayaruchinya camp in the east of the DRC  return home to Kibumba after the M23 rebel withdrawal.

And the Ganda Boys bring the warmth of Uganda as they share their folk music with the world.

Those stories and more in this podcast with Bola Mosuro.

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