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Protesters clash with police in South Africa
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Protests in South Africa's North West Province force the president to cut short a duty trip.
Does The Gambia's president Adama Barrow trust his army?
Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza names former head of the governing party's youth wing - Ezekiel Nibigira - as his new foreign minister.
(Photo: Police control streets after residents and protesters clashed with the South African police in North West Province. Credit: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)
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