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Radio 4,20 Feb 2017,45 mins

UN declares famine in South Sudan

The World Tonight

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We report on how independence and civil war have led to starvation. And we talk to a government minister who denies there's a famine in parts of the country Brexit debate in the House of Lords - we discuss the role of the upper chamber in this historic legislation. Sir John Sawers remembers the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, who has died suddenly in New York. And should we talk frankly about death? (Photo: Women carry sacks of food in a village in South Sudan ; Credit: Reuters).

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