Death of a president
Sprent Dabwido is a former president of Nauru who signed the deal with Australia to establish a detention centre there. Days before he died, he told Martin McKenzie-Murray about his regrets and the ways in which that deal has destroyed democracy on the island.
Guest: Chief correspondent for The Saturday Paper Martin McKenzie-Murray.
Background reading:
Nauru on the edge in The Saturday Paper
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