South Africa unrest: Government set to increase troop deployment - a podcast by BBC World Service

The South African government is planning to deploy a further fifteen thousand troops on the ground after days of looting and violence. Residents in the hardest hit areas are now facing food and fuel shortages.

Plus we meet the experienced Somali politician who is throwing her hat into the race to be president.

And we hear from the Ugandan artist who had to flee her country in 2015, on her new solo exhibition that has opened in London.

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