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World Service,16 Sep 2019,53 mins

Zimbabwean doctor feared kidnapped

Newsday

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The head of a doctor’s union in Zimbabwe, Peter Magombeyi, is believed to have been abducted by the security forces because of the role he had played in organising a strike. The price of oil has jumped at the opening of markets following Saturday's attacks on two facilities in Saudi Arabia. And we hear from a British journalist who says Russia’s influence is spreading in the Central African Republic.

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