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Zuma linked to new bribes scandal

Bloomberg Jacob Zuma, who quit as South African president last year after being implicated in a string of scandals, is facing fresh allegations that he took bribes from services company Bosasa to shield it from prosecution and advance its business interests. Angelo Agrizzi, Bosasa’s chief operating officer from 1999 to 2016, told a judicial inquiry that’s probing graft during Zuma’s ...

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Maduro and Guaido jockey for control of Venezuela’s military

Bloomberg The prize is Venezuela’s military. And both sides of the deepening crisis are working to win it. Activists backing National Assembly leader Juan Guaido walked the streets of Caracas, passing out copies of a measure that promises amnesty against corruption or abuse allegations to any member who defects. Some in uniform seemed willing to receive the documents; others burned ...

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Civilians trapped as Cameroon army battles separatists

Bloomberg Cyprain fled his home when separatist fighters in Cameroon’s Northwest region threatened to kill him after he served government soldiers. He’s one of a growing number of civilians trapped between the army and roaming gangs of English-speaking insurgents fighting to break away from the majority-Francophone nation. The conflict has decimated the local economy in the conflict zone, and according ...

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