Sudan conflict causing food insecurity

Sudan conflict causing food insecurity

Author: BBC World Service August 15, 2023 Duration: 31:21

We speak to a farmer who had to flee Sudan due to the ongoing conflict, while the UN is warning that 20 million people in the country face severe acute hunger.

What makes a good leader? We'll find out from young Burundian leadership coach Iris Irumva.

And we bring you the second part of our special looking at the story behind the prison escape of convicted criminal Thabo Bester, a case that has transfixed South Africa.


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