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Dr Ken Elliott and his wife Jocelyn were kidnapped from the West African country of Burkina Faso in January 2016 where they were working. While Jocelyn was released three weeks later, Ken endured brutal conditions. He was quietly released last year at the age of 88. Now the Elliotts have decided to tell their extraordinary story to Foreign Correspondent.
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In Burkina Faso the rapid desertification of once fertile plains caused droughts and ruined harvests, sparking a mass exodus of inhabitants and famines that decimated populations. Yet one illiterate peasant farmer and his ingenious farming methods have proved the key to achieving what experts have failed to do: stop the desert. This doc tells the unique story of Yacouba Sawadogo, whose years of t…
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