MSF suspends activities in Khartoum hospital.

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Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) pulls out of the largest free hospital in Sudan’s capital Khartoum. Fears over a cargo of explosive fertiliser in a harbour in Ivory CoastAnd who are the Baye Fall muslims in Senegal?Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Amie Liebovitz and Nyasha Michelle in London and Blessing Aderogba in Lagos.
Senior Producer : Paul Bakibinga
Technical Producer: Francesca Dunne
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

13 Jan 8AM English United Kingdom News

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