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World Service,10 Jul 2024,34 mins

Can Ghana afford to pay striking civil servants?

Focus on Africa

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All through Ghana civil servants have been on strike following the government's failure to honour a pledge to raise their pay. Can their grievances be addressed? We meet a doctor who carries out operations to reverse female genital mutilation. And why are Somalis being forced to remove bodies from a graveyard in Mogadishu? Presenter :Audrey Brown Producers: Joseph Keen, Patricia Whitehorne and Bella Hassan in London. Frenny Jowi and Susan Gachuhi in Nairobi Technical Producer: Jack Graysmark Senior Journalist: Paul Bakibinga Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

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