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South Africa's last apartheid president dies at 85
FW de Klerk, the last white person to lead South Africa and a key figure in the transition to democracy, died of cancer at the age of 85.
FW de Klerk, the last white person to lead South Africa and a key figure in the transition to democracy, died of cancer at the age of 85. Liberia's opposition leader, Joseph Boakai, says he'll try to run for the presidency for the second time in 2023. Twenty-three-year-old Kenyan activist Elizabeth Wathuti thinks leaders at the COP26 are not doing enough to stop global temperatures from rising above 1.5C.
(Photo: FW de Klerk. Credit: AFP)
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