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How are Turkey's economic woes affecting Africa?
We speak to Director and Chief Economist with the Efficient group in South Africa
Turkey's Lira has lost 40 % of its value and the distress could spread to other emerging economies + 22 children die in a boat disaster in Sudan + The video of a Nigerian Senator facing off armed guards outside Parliament goes viral, we hear from her
Photo: A money changer counts Turkish lira banknotes at a currency exchange office in Istanbul. Credit: Yasin AKGUL / AFP)YASIN AKGUL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Wed 15 Aug 201817:06GMT
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