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How a sexual assualt viral video outraged Tanzania

A police commander in Tanzania was removed from her post after she linked a sexual assualt victim to sex work.

A video appearing to show a young woman being sexually assaulted in Tanzania went viral, prompting an outcry in the East African nation. This past weekend a police commander in the capital, Dodoma, was removed from her post following controversial comments in which she linked the victim in the video to sex work. So what's been the reaction in Tanzania?

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Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Bella Hassan and Nyasha Michelle in London and Charles Gitonga in Nairobi
Technical Producer: Nick Randell
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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