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Beirut blast investigation under scrutiny

There have been clashes with security forces at anti-government protests.

A former prime minister of Lebanon gives his reaction to Tuesday鈥檚 horrific blast and to the questions being asked over how this could have happened.

The Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka talks about his support for the detained Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala who has marked a 100 days in detention.

And the president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has announced his candidacy for October鈥檚 presidential election, we speak to the Secretary General of the Presidency.

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Fri 7 Aug 2020 06:06GMT

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