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Living in the epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak

An African student talks about life in lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan

An African student living in Wuhan, the Chinese city epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak, tells Focus on Africa how the local authorities are handling the situation.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation says "devastating" and "unprecedented" swarms of locusts threaten food security in east Africa. We speak to FAO's Bukar Tijani.

The US has introduced new rules designed to prevent women from travelling to the country to give birth. We speak to Sarah Pierce from the Migration Policy Institute think tank in Washington DC.

(Photo: A security guard stands outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market where the coronavirus was detected in Wuhan. Credit:HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Fri 24 Jan 202017:06GMT

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  • Fri 24 Jan 202017:06GMT

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