The UK Foreign Office says it will continue selling weapons to Saudi Arabia as it has not breached humanitarian law in Yemen. That’s despite widespread reports of the Saudi-led coalition committing war crimes during the campaign. We speak to Yemeni lawyer Kim Sharif.
The Prime Minster of the Democratic Republic of Congo has resigned, marking the first step toward the creation of an interim government for the African nation. The interim government is due to take power between December 19th 2016, when President Kabila's reign should legally end, and April 2018, when the delayed presidential elections will take place. But will the interim government be able to bring much needed peace to the region? We speak to founder of Save the Congo, Vava Tampa.
We also speak with Simon Woolley, Director of Operation Black Vote, on research which suggests that black British children are 12 times less likely to be Prime Minister than white children.
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