Afghanistan's First Female Mayor
Azra Jafari tells Jo Fidgen about her challenging job as mayor of the Afghan town of Nili, a dangerous two day journey from her family home in Kabul.
Azra Jafari, who became Afghanistan's first woman mayor four years ago, tells us that despite the challenges of her job, she aspires to become the first woman president of her country.
Also, Gela Charkviani gives us an insider's view of the death of Joseph Stalin 60 years ago. Gela's father Kandid had been hand-picked by Stalin to head the Communist Party in Georgia.
And 14-year-old Kirill Dudko from Ukraine tells the strange story of how he spotted a "sea monster" from his bedroom.
Picture: A group of Afghan women walk wearing burqas. Credit: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images.
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Gela Charkviani
Georgian Gela Charkviani remembers how he heard the news of Stalin's death on 5 March 1953. He was part of the communist elite as the son of the Communist Party boss of Georgia, who'd lost his job the year before.
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- Tue 5 Mar 201315:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Tue 5 Mar 201322:05GMTBBC World Service Online
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