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This killing revived racial tensions and triggered incidents last week. On Monday morning, the head of state, Cyril Ramaphosa, warned: "This incident shows how easily the fire of racial hatred can be rekindled." Ten days ago a young white farmer, 22, was murdered. Brendin Horn's body was found tied to a pole on his farm in Senekal, Free State province, 200 kilometers from Johannesburg. In the process, two black men were arrested. They are suspected of killing the farmer and stealing cattle. After the murder, white…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Félix Tshisekedi is calming things down. The Congolese head of state has commented on the case of Vincent Karega, the Rwandan ambassador accused of denying the Congolese massacres in Kasika in southern France. Kivu, in 1998. Vincent Karega had relativized the responsibility of the Rwandan soldiers and rejected the content of the Mapping report as published by the UN High Commissioner. No question of expelling this diplomat, the president said in front of Congolese journalists…