'We need to talk about asthma' - Focus on Africa Podcast
A court in Uganda has sentenced Thomas Kwoyelo, a former senior commander of the rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, to 40 years in prison for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement and torture. Victoria Nyanjura was 14 years old when she was abducted by the group from her school in Northern Uganda. She was forced to work for the group and was repeatedly raped. Victoria shares her thoughts on the sentencing and recounts her experience at the hands of the LRA.
Also a review of this year's BRICS summit, as Ethiopia and Egypt join the bloc.
And why does asthma, a chronic lung condition, remain undiagnosed in children on the continent?
00:01 Intro
01:25 What it was like to be abducted by the LRA
09:44 What does the membership of BRICS mean for African countries?
14:48 We need to talk about asthma
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