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UN Withdraws Staff in North Nigeria

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

The United Nations has been giving more details about why it has suspended humanitarian operations in the Nigerian town of Rann, following an attack on Thursday blamed on the Islamist group Boko Haram. We hear from a UN spokeswoman in Nigeria.

Also in the programme: The latest episode in our series about the assassination of the former Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto; And we hear from the transgender actress from Chile, hailed as a ground-breaker at the Oscars.

(Picture: UN staff assist with the relocation of aid workers after an attack in the town of Rann, at Maiduguri Airport. Credit: Reuters)

53 minutes

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Sat 3 Mar 201813:06GMT

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  • Sat 3 Mar 201813:06GMT

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