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Compensation for Uganda families over childbirth deaths

The court awarded $84,000 in damages to the families of two women who died during childbirth.

Uganda’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the government’s failure to provide basic maternal healthcare services violates the constitution and subjects women to inhumane and degrading treatment

We speak to Sierra Leone's first Lady Fatima Maada Bio on her campaign against sexual and physical violence in the country.

Plus we hear from Master KG, the South African musician and producer behind the hit ‘Jerusalema’

(Photo: Activists carrying placards during a peaceful march in Kampala , Uganda in 2012. Credit: Getty Images)

23 minutes

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Thu 20 Aug 202015:06GMT

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  • Thu 20 Aug 202015:06GMT

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