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World Service,13 May 2019,53 mins

Yemen rebels say they’ve been pulling out of key ports

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Houthis rebels say they’ve been withdrawing from key ports in Yemen to facilitate aid delivery. The UN’s Resident Coordinator to Yemen, Lise Grande, updates us on the story. We go to South Africa where the governing African National Congress has promised a fresh start after winning last week’s elections with a reduced majority. Jessica Nabongo, an American woman of Ugandan parentage, speaks of her plan to be the ‘first black woman’ to travel to every country in the world.

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