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South Africa reports millions of job losses

the country’s official unemployment rate has fallen to 23%.

South Africa’s economy lost 2.2 million jobs in the second quarter of 2020, according to the government's statistics agency.

In Guinea, the leading opposition group, The National Front for the Defence of the Constitution or FNDC have called for a week long nationwide protest,beginning today against President Alpha Conde's plans to stand for a third term.

Plus we speak to Patrick Adom, a computer science specialist turned puzzle maker who's putting Africa and people of colour at the heart of jigsaw puzzles

(Photo: A person with face mask seen at a South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). Credit: Getty Images)

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Tue 29 Sep 202015:06GMT

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