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Police offers are deployed in Pretoria as South Africa braces for protests after a leftwing party called for a "national shut-down", sparking fears of a repeat of unrest that turned deadly two years ago. Authorities said there would be a heavy police presence to deal with any possible violence, after the third largest party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) urged South Africans to take to the streets and bring the country to a halt. IMAGES
The South African government host peace talks to end the Tigray conflict, with delegates from the Ethiopia government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Images taken from the outside The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) where these talks are being held. The talks are facilitated by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, the former deputy president of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. IMAGES
Images of the South African parliament as EFF party members interrupt President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to parliament over the alleged unreported theft of a large sum of cash from his farm. Ramaphosa is accused of complicity in buying the silence of burglars who allegedly broke into his Phala Phala cattle and game breeding farm in Bela Bela where they found $4 million in cash hidden in furniture. SOUNDBITE
The past week's deadly unrest and mass looting in South Africa were planned and instigated, President Cyril Ramaphosa says while visiting some affected areas in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. Authorities say they have identified 12 suspects in the unrest, which left at least 117 people dead. SOUNDBITE
South African military tanks are deployed on the streets near Johannesburg as unrest rages for the sixth day running. Unrest raged in South Africa on Wednesday for the sixth day running IMAGES
South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar finally returns to Juba, urging people to come together as he prepares to join a unity government formed to end more than two years of ferocious civil war. IMAGES
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