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Aug 19
22m 59s

Uganda to send troops to Gaza

Bbc World Service
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Uganda's parliament has approved plans to deploy it's troops to Gaza under a U.S.-backed International Stabilization Force mission. This is an invitation from President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative which is meant to oversee post war transition. The International Stabilisation Force (ISF) would be made up of countries willing to send their troops to take over some of the security tasks that were managed by Hamas for so many years.

And, for World Photography Day, we follow a Congolese photographer’s journey through the lens, as he captures the meaning of home.

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna

Producers: Keikantse Shumba and Ayuba Iliya

Senior Producer: Bella Twine

Technical Producer: Jonathan Mwangi

Editors: Rhoda Odhiambo, Charles Gitonga and Maryam Abdalla

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