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Tunisia to have first woman PM

Tunisia's president has asked Najla Bouden to form a new government.

Tunisia's president has asked Najla Bouden to form a new government; but why is everyone cautious about calling her the first female prime minister?

Plus, police in Nigeria have killed at least 11 members of a banned Shia sect in Abuja.

Also, nearly twenty years after the end of Liberia's civil war, people are still dealing with the mental and physical scars.

(Image: Tunisia's newly-appointed Prime Minister, Najla Bouden Romdhane, at the Carthage Presidential Palace in Tunis. Credit: EPA)

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Wed 29 Sep 2021 15:06GMT
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