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Mandela Foundation Wants Apartheid Flag Banned
The Nelson Mandela Foundation wants an end to "gratuitous displays" of the old flag
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has gone to court in an effort to stop people in South Africa displaying the flag from the apartheid era.
Plus we have first-hand testimony from Dapchi in Nigeria’s Yobe State, as parents wait desperately for news of their kidnapped daughters.
And the son of the Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu whose masterpiece 'Tutu' was sold at auction, says he is not surprised by the record sale.
(Image: A white South African carrying the apartheid era flag. Credit: Getty Images)
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