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22/05/2021 GMT

Nigerian Head of Army dies in plane crash

BBC World Service - Weekend, Nigerian Head of Army dies in plane crash

President pays tribute to chief who led the fight against Islamist militants in the north

President pays tribute to chief who led the fight against Islamist militants in the north.

Officials in Nigeria say its army chief, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, has been killed in a plane crash in the north-western state of Kaduna. We'll have an assessment of his role as leader of the military's fight against Islamist militants in northern Nigeria.

Also on the programme: the World Health Organisation says there's been a pandemic of overwork with more than seven-hundred thousand people a year dying prematurely; and we have interviews with the author and translator one of the nominees for this year's International Booker Prize.  

Joining Paul Henley on the programme is Comfort Ero, Africa Programme Director of the International Crisis Group, and currently the ICG's Interim Vice-President; and Julian Sayarer, a British-born, author, journalist and adventurer currently based in the Tunisian capital, Tunis.

(Photo: Nigeria's army chief, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru; Credit: Getty Images)

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