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What do you make of the West's image of Africa?
We discuss an Oxfam report that says the image of Africa in the UK media is harmful to the aid effort.
A negative image of Africa in the UK is harming efforts to raise food aid in the continent, Oxfam has said. In a survey it found that three out of four people had become desensitised to images showing hunger, drought and disease. We speak to people across Africa as well as those involved in the aid industry around the world to find out what they think.
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