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Somalia's fearless doctor Hawa Abdi dies

Dr Abdi built a hospital, school and feeding centre serving tens of thousands of people.

The Somali doctor and human rights activist Hawa Abdi has died. She was in her 70s.

We hear a first hand experience of yesterday's explosion in Lebanon in which at least a hundred and thirty five people were killed.

Plus, how a South African woman survived Covid-19.

(Photo: Dr. Hawa. Abdi. Credit: BBC)

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23 minutes

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Wed 5 Aug 202019:06GMT

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

Wed 5 Aug 202019:06GMT
BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

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