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UNICEF/UNI203410/van der Velden
On 19 November 2015 in Rounga Hardo Oro in Maradi District, Issa Souleymane Madougou (in UNICEF t-shirt) from the Direction régionale de la population, de la promotion de la femme et de la protection de l’enfant de Maradi talks with the father (Abdou Garba, 55) of Habsatou (in red plaid).
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