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South Sudan floods displace hundreds of thousands

President Salva Kiir declared a state of emergency due to the floods on Wednesday

A devastating flood in South Sudan has forced the country's president Salva Kiir to declare a state of emergency. We talk to the charities operating on the ground.

Religious leaders have gathered in Nairobi to talk about the role of traditional healing churches. Reverend Dr Fidon Mwombeki is the General Secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches tells us what they have been discussing.

The police have made yet another raid on an illegal detention centre in Nigeria - but this time it was run by a Christian pastor, rather than a Muslim cleric.

(Photo: A woman with a boy walk in a flooded area on May 31, 2017, in Panthau, Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan. Credit: ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Fri 1 Nov 201917:06GMT

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  • Fri 1 Nov 201917:06GMT

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