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World Service,15 Jul 2019,53 mins

DRC: first Ebola case detected in Goma

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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the WHO have confirmed the country’s first Ebola case in the city of Goma, raising fears the deadly virus could spread in a densely populated area close to the Rwandan border. Canada’s government is to compensate 718 people who were fired for being gay. We speak to the lawyer who won recognition and compensation through a class action lawsuit for the victims. Newsday’s Alan Kasujja is in Tanzania where he looks into the fate of young girls forced into domestic servitude and prostitution.

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