Amid protest and murder, South Africa’s new president struggles to assert his authority
Cyril Ramaphosa is discovering how difficult it is to govern the country.
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Britain joins the US and France, which are floundering as human trafficking and drug smuggling mix with Islamist groups in the region.
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