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World Service,07 Aug 2020,53 mins

Beirut blast investigation under scrutiny

Newsday

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A former prime minister of Lebanon gives his reaction to Tuesday’s horrific blast and to the questions being asked over how this could have happened. The Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka talks about his support for the detained Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala who has marked a 100 days in detention. And the president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has announced his candidacy for October’s presidential election, we speak to the Secretary General of the Presidency.

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