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World Service,08 Feb 2019,53 mins

Thai Princess Seeks To Be Elected Prime Minister

Newsday

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In Thailand, the king's elder sister is to run against a former coup leader for the post of prime minister in next month's election. Amazon's chief executive, Jeff Bezos, has accused the owner of the US National Enquirer magazine of trying to blackmail him over an affair. We try to find out whether women are fairly represented in Nigerian politics as Africa’s largest democracy is bracing for general elections, next week.

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