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Armoured Khartoum: Sudan’s bloody transition
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Jul 1, 2019
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Description
Protesters returned to the streets of Khartoum this weekend, again with deadly consequences. We look back to last month’s violent crackdown, and consider Sudan’s troubled push for democracy. China’s swine-flu outbreaks threaten hundreds of millions of pigs—but might spark long-overdue reforms in the country’s pork industry. And, we examine San Francisco’s e-cigarette ban: if vaping is safer than smoking, should it be stubbed out? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jul 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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