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World Service,15 Feb 2019,53 mins

Caroline Mwatha autopsy suggests failed abortion

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An autopsy carried out on a Kenyan activist who went missing for several days has concluded that she died from a botched abortion. Caroline Mwatha was an activist that worked for a rights organisation that investigated abuses by the Kenyan police. The White House has announced that President Trump will sign a new spending bill to avoid a further government shutdown - but will also declare a national emergency to fund his proposed border wall. More than a half-a-million African troops served with the British Army during World War Two. Now a new investigation alleges that some were forcibly and secretly conscripted.

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