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World Service,21 Mar 2019,53 mins

South Sudan’s political prisoner to appear in court

Newsday

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International diplomats and South Sudanese rights defenders have been calling for the release of Peter Biar Ajak, an activist whose been detained for months and who’s due to appear in court on Thursday. Why try to find out why life has deteriorated in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah, despite a UN-brokered truce between Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition forces. A UK-based scientist explains what ‘rogue waves’ are. They’re said to have a detrimental effect on the environment.

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