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EPISODE · Jan 28, 2022 · 17 MIN

Burkina Faso suspended from Ecowas - sources

from Focus on Africa · host BBC World Service

The West African regional body Ecowas has suspended Burkina Faso's membership following this week's military coup. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is warning of extreme hunger in northern Ethiopia. Aid agencies face severe challenges delivering supplies to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where government forces have been fighting rebels for more than a year. Rwanda will re-open its border with Uganda from next week, the government has announced.

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