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The fall of Kwame Nkrumah

The overthrow of Ghana's famous leader, a heroic African WW2 airman, tackling the threat of acid rain, the campaign to ban landmines and inside Ireland's financial crisis.

An eyewitness account of the overthrow of Ghana's famous independence leader. And we examine Nkrumah's legacy with Prof. Gareth Austin from Cambridge University. Plus the story of a heroic African WW2 airman, the scientists who alerted the world to the threat of acid rain, a Nobel Peace Prize winner on the 1990s campaign to ban landmines and an inside account of Ireland's financial crisis.

Photo: Kwame Nkrumah c 1955 (Getty Images)

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53 minutes

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Tue 2 Mar 2021 00:06GMT

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  • Sat 27 Feb 2021 14:06GMT
  • Tue 2 Mar 2021 00:06GMT

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