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Sudan: Doctors go on strike

Doctors and other professionals have gone on strike in Sudan, as the African Union suspends Khartoum following Monday鈥檚 military coup.

Doctors and other professionals have gone on strike in Sudan, as the African Union suspends Khartoum following Monday鈥檚 military coup. We hear from one of the people organising the industrial action.

Plus, an update from Ethiopia, as the federal government continues to carry out airstrikes against Tigray鈥檚 capital Mekelle, and fighting continues in Amhara.

And we meet Theo Thomson, the Malawian musician who grew up in the UK.

(Photo: Protesters block a road in Khartoum; Credit: Getty Images)

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Wed 27 Oct 2021 15:06GMT
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