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Use of apartheid era South African flag ruled a hate crime

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

South Africa's equality court has ruled that gratuitous displays of the apartheid-era flag is a form of hate speech, discrimination and harassment.

The presidents of Rwanda and Uganda have signed an agreement in Angola to end months of tensions after the two leaders exchanged accusations of spying, political assassinations and meddling.

Plus the leader of Sudan's Transitional Military Council has been sworn in as leader of the newly established sovereign council.

And we hear more on the news of Nigeria going three years without a case of polio, putting it on the brink of being declared free of the disease.

(Photo: South Africans supporting the white supremacist Afrikaner Resistance Movement fly the apartheid era flag. Credit: ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)

23 minutes

Last on

Wed 21 Aug 201919:06GMT

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  • Wed 21 Aug 201919:06GMT

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