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US Ramps Up Pressure On Venezuela With Oil Sanctions

The state oil firm accounts for nearly all of the country's foreign currency earnings.

The Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has described the sanctions imposed on the state-owned oil company PDVSA by the United States as criminal.

The Law Society of Zimbabwe has been holding an emergency meeting following the suppression of anti-government protests at the weekend.

Distance running champion Henry Rono talks to us about falling on hard times in the US and why he needs help to go back home to Kenya.

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Tue 29 Jan 2019 05:06GMT

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