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Why jihadist groups use female suicide bombers?

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Nigerian authorities say that suspected female suicide bombers participated in coordinated attacks in Nigeria that killed dozens of people. Why do young girls and women become suicide bombers? How the lives of displaced people in Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado Province are being rebuilt. And can local communities in Africa can be involved in conservation ? Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Sunita Nahar, Bella Hassan and Nyasha Michelle in London. Charles Gitonga in Nairobi. Technical Producer: Gabriel O'Regan Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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