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UN: 'Full-scale humanitarian crisis' unfolding in Ethiopia

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

The United Nations has said a "full-scale humanitarian crisis" is unfolding in Ethiopia. More than 27,000 people have now fled fighting in Tigray and crossed into neighbouring Sudan.

In Nigeria, Seun Kuti, son of the king of original Afrobeat, Fela Anikulapo Kuti has announced that he's reviving his father’s political party, the Movement of the People.

And we meet the Zimbabwe-born singer who triumphed in the popular talent show The Voice UK.

(Photo: Ethiopian refugees who fled fighting in Tigray at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan; Credit: EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Tue 17 Nov 202017:06GMT

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  • Tue 17 Nov 202017:06GMT

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