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Sierra Leone remembers mudslide victims
A year on, an inter-faith service to remember the victims of a deadly mudslide
A year ago 1,000 people lost their lives in a mudslide which buried whole communities in Sierra Leone. We hear from families directly affected + The Zambia government announces a new tax on internet call services like WhatsApp and Skype, but how will it be implemented? + An innovative treatment is deployed in the latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, we hear what's different this time.
(Photo: Bystanders look on as floodwaters rage past a damaged building in an area of Freetown on August 14th 2017 Credit: AFP PHOTO / SAIDU BAH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Tue 14 Aug 201817:06GMT
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- Tue 14 Aug 201817:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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