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The Story of a Former Kidnap Victim in Sierra Leone

The story of a former kidnap victim in Sierra Leone now training as a doctor

The Sierra Leone girl kidnapped by rebels now becoming a doctor thanks to an Italian woman. Also, 'Speak English' sign in Joey Vento's Philadelphia burger bar causes controversy. Update from Kyle MacDonald on his red-paperclip-for-a-house trades. Mathew Parris on the dangerous salt route camel trains in Ethiopia. Finally the scrap metal providing a source of income in Guinea-Bissau.

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50 minutes

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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