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World Service,28 Nov 2018,53 mins

US Midterm Elections: Republicans Win Last Senate Seat

Newsday

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In the final Senate race of the mid-term year, Mississippi voters have elected a controversial Republican woman championed by Donald Trump. We go to Ethiopia to gauge the significance of the first meeting between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and dozens of opposition leaders. We hear from a Kenyan woman who was forced to undergo an illegal abortion.

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