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Gabon's Opposition Leader in Hiding

Jean Ping says he is afraid for his life, as tensions rise in Gabon.

Defeated Presidential candidate Jean Ping says he is afraid for his life, as tensions rise in Gabon. We get the details from the French journalist who tracked him down on the phone, at a secret location in the capital, Libreville.

Plus. the BBC's Sarah Toms is in the Singapore district where new cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed; pop star Will.I.Am reaches out to millennials with a new all-star version of the Black Eyed Peas hit Where Is the Love; we hear about life in Venezuela as a major protest march gets underway; and the 88-year-old Australian judge who has offered to swap places with a refugee on Nauru.

(Photo: A protester runs through tear gas canisters during confrontations with the police in Libreville, Gabon. Credit: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images.)

50 minutes

Last on

Thu 1 Sep 201610:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Thu 1 Sep 201610:06GMT

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