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Aden's Independence Struggle
In the early 1960s, the British colony of Aden – today part of Yemen – was on the brink of a fierce struggle for freedom. We hear from a member of the independence movement.
In the early 1960s, the British colony of Aden – today part of Yemen – was on the brink of a fierce struggle for independence. Witness hears from Assiya al Haj Yousef who was a schoolgirl at the time, helping to organise protests against British rule.
(Photo: British troops capture a demonstrator in Aden in 1967. Credit: Jim Gray/Keystone/Getty Images)
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