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Outlook Weekend: With a Gun to my Head

Jo Fidgen hears from a musician from Cambodia who used his art to survive and a former hostage in Nigeria who was kidnapped and held for thirteen days.

Arn Chorn Pond survived a Khmer Rouge labour camp by playing traditional musical instruments for those in charge. He later became a child soldier and after months living alone in the jungle he was eventually able to make a new life for himself in America.

Donu Kogbara is a journalist from Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. There is a high level of poverty, a lot of weapons and a choice of militant groups who complain that local people aren't getting a fair share of the oil money. Donu was inclined to agree but in August last year, she became part of the story herself when she had a late-night visit from supporters of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.

Image: Sweating under pressure
Credit: MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images

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Mon 12 Dec 2016 02:32GMT

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