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South Africa: is the ANC in decline?

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South African President Jacob Zuma has won another term at the head of the African National Congress. But as time goes by, the ANC's dominance on politics is finally starting to fade. Next, a Belgian court has approved a long-awaited judicial probe into the death of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. Finally, we meet one musician in Mali who's trying in his own way to stop the Islamist movement that has taken over the north.

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