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04/04/2010

Why did Focus on Africa broadcast a story about a serious mining accident in Sierra Leone, only for the government minister responsible for mines to deny there had been any accident a few hours later?

Tazeen Ahmad finds out why Focus on Africa broadcast a story about a serious mining accident in Sierra Leone, only for the government minister responsible for mines to deny there had been any accident a few hours later.

Tazeen asks Joseph Warungu, editor of Focus on Africa to explain what happened.

Also, with the start of new schedules, she hears why South Asia’s Evening Report programme has been replaced by an edition of World Briefing with a South Asian twist.

And what did Jameel Yushua - who usually works for the Hausa service - discover on this week’s outside broadcasts from English cities for The World Today?

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Sun 4 Apr 2010 11:40GMT
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