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Calls to cancel Yemeni sitcom featuring two characters in blackface

A new Yemeni sitcom featuring two characters in blackface has caused outrage on social media.

Twitter users have called on the channel Yemen Shabab TV to cancel the show Cappuccino which aired at the start of the holy month of Ramadan

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