
Nigerian doctors go on strike amid coronavirus
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Doctors in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, have gone on an "indefinite strike" over delayed pay and unsafe working conditions.The announcement came just after Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, confirmed a third case of Covid-19.
Plus we meet Liz Benson, star of Nigeria's silver screen and widely regarded as being one of those responsible for the birth of Nollywood.
Also, we go back twenty years as Uganda marks the anniversary of the Kanungu tragedy, when 700 members of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments were found dead in their church. Family members still have no closure.
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