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Eritrea accused of forced indefinite national service

Human Rights Watch says thousands of young people are forced into military training before they finish their education.

Human Rights Watch has accused the country of turning school pupils and teachers into slaves through a system of indefinite national service despite hopes that a peace deal with Ethiopia would end conscription. We speak to a man who says he was forced to become a teacher - and then imprisoned when he tried to escape.

Also, Indian-administered Kashmir remains largely in place although residents have been allowed to attend Friday prayers in some local mosques. We hear from people in the region and get the latest developments from our reporter in New Delhi.

And in Burundi a six-year-old YouTube star called Kacaman, known for his popular comedy sketches, has died of malaria. We speak to his manger and on-screen father 'Papa Kacaman'.

(Photo: Eritrean soldiers on September 11, 2018. Credit: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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  • Fri 9 Aug 201916:06GMT

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