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South Africa: Student protest turns violent in Johannesburg
Police use rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse crowds.
The students from the University of Witwatersrand are demanding changes to registration and financial aid policies.
Three days of mourning begin in Equatorial Guinea for over 100 people killed in a series of powerful explosions in the coastal city of Bata last weekend.
And, we hear what some of the challenges are when starting a new business in the midst of a pandemic.
(Image: Police use teargas to disperse students during protest. Credit: Getty Images)
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