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Africa
British museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Cultural institutions throughout Britain have come under pressure to repatriate artefacts acquired during the colonial era.
- by Danica Kirka
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‘There is no other way’: Judges on hunger strike in fight for Tunisian democracy
Experts are not aware of judges in any other country having ever participated in such a hunger strike.
- by Siobhán O'Grady and Mohamed Bliwa
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Diamonds
Largest pink diamond in 300 years discovered in Angola
The 170-carat pink diamond is believed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years.
- by Nqobile Ntshangase
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Protest
Dozens killed and injured in ‘social media-fuelled’ anti-UN protests
A Reuters witness said it saw UN peacekeepers shoot dead two protesters.
- by Djaffar Sabiti and Fiston Mahamba
Russia tells famine-fearing Africa it’s not to blame for food shortage
Vladimir Putin has traded heavily on his theme of Russia as leading a worldwide uprising against Western hegemony. Again and again, he said Americans and their European allies live well at the expense of the rest of the world.
- by Vivian Yee, Anton Troianovski and Abdi Latif Dahir
Zimbabwe introduces gold coins as local currency tumbles
Zimbabwe’s central bank said it would start selling gold coins this month to help tame runaway inflation.
- by Nyasha Chingono
South Africa may be the original home of humankind after all
Previously found fossils of human ancestors are likely 1 million years older than thought.
- by Antony Sguazzin
South African police investigate nightclub deaths
Urgent autopsies are being conducted to identify the cause of death of the young people, who were reportedly celebrating the end of school exams.
- by Wendell Roelf