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Defiant Desmond Tutu led hundreds of protesters to picnic at a whites-only beach on this day in 1989 [Photos]

Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Tutu addressing a crowd

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Cameroon: Michèle Ndoki, a symbol of political hope, faces death penalty

Michèle Ndoki
Opposition activist Michèle Ndoki has been imprisoned in Yaoundé’s main prison since February 2019. Screenshot/YouTube/France24

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How Congolese children en route to a holiday camp in Kinshasa ended up as orphans in Belgium

Suriya Moyumbe
Suriya Moyumbe was waiting in tears, clutching a picture of her daughter, who was a toddler when she left and could not yet talk

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South Africa: Sex workers speak of rape, corruption and harassment by police

Sex Worker
Sex work activists protest outside the Western Cape High Court in 2017 at the trial of of artist Zwelethu Mthethwa. Mthethwa was sentenced to 18 years in prison for murdering a sex worker. Archive photo: Ashleigh Furlong

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