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Abducted in war, saving lives in peace
During Sierra Leone's civil war Aminata Conteh-Biger was abducted by rebels. Today, she's saving the lives of mothers and babies there.
During Sierra Leone's civil war Aminata Conteh-Biger was abducted by armed rebels. After her release, she began a new life in Australia but has since returned to help the women she'd left behind, becoming a champion of maternal health in a country with one of the worst maternal and infant mortality rates in the world. She is the founder of the Aminata Maternal Foundation and has written a book about her life called Rising Heart.
Picture: Aminata Conteh-Biger
Credit: Jeremy Simons
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Tue 13 Oct 202002:06GMT
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- Mon 12 Oct 202011:06GMTBBC World Service
- Mon 12 Oct 202017:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Tue 13 Oct 202002:06GMTBBC World Service
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