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Mosiuoa Lekota, the 77-year-old former leader of the Congress of the People (COPE) and a veteran of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, has died, COPE confirmed Friday. Lekota, who stepped away from frontline politics in 2025, had been battling health problems in recent years. In a brief statement, COPE leader Teboho Loate said Lekota died “after a period of illness.” The Lekota family has asked for privacy, Loate said, and details about memorial arrangements would be announced in due course. Lekota was a former Robben…

Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, has been the scene for 3 and a half years of assaults which have killed greater than 2,500 folks and displaced 700,000 others, a few of whom are briefly housed in and round Pemba, houses for members of their households or in transit camps. With our particular correspondent on website,…