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Lebo Diseko
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BBC Correspondent | @Harvard Nieman Fellow ’24 | Soweto born 🇿🇦| Londoner | Thakadu.
South Africa poised to re-open inquest into Nobel laureate's death

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Albert Luthuli: South Africa to re-open inquest into Nobel laureate's death
An official ruling, that Albert Luthuli died in an accident in 1967, has long been queried by his family.
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April 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"More than 2,700 people have died in the quake which happened near Sagaing and Mandalay, Myanmar's second city...An estimated 500 Muslims died while praying in their mosques"

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Myanmar quake: Imam's grief for 170 killed as they prayed in Sagaing
Scores of Muslims in the town died when their mosques collapsed during Friday prayers at the end of Ramadan.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In Gaza, a Ramadan Among the Ruins www.nytimes.com/card/2025/03...
In Gaza, a Ramadan Among the Ruins
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March 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"Her influence on countless careers... will continue to shape how news is produced and consumed around the world".

Thank you Ann Marie, for your leadership and so much more

Nieman Foundation Curator Ann Marie Lipinski to step down nieman.harvard.edu/nieman-found...
Nieman Foundation Curator Ann Marie Lipinski to step down - Nieman Foundation
Lipinski steered Nieman through a period of historic change for the news industry and deepened collaboration with the Harvard community
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February 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What happens after you ask Trump to ‘have mercy’? wapo.st/4aYfGNg
What happens after you ask Trump to ‘have mercy’? Threats, praise and hope.
It had been 12 days since the Episcopal bishop of Washington pleaded with President Donald Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants, LGBTQ children and others.
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February 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Oil clean-up 'scam' warnings ignored by Shell, whistleblower tells BBC

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Nigeria oil: Shell ignored warnings of spill clean-up 'scam', whistleblower tells BBC
The oil giant faces allegations it ignored warnings that a clean-up scheme was beset by corruption.
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February 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"MI5 lied to three courts while defending its handling of a misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who attacked his girlfriend with a machete"

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MI5 lied to courts to defend handling of violent neo-Nazi agent
In an unprecedented humiliation, the security service apologises for “inaccurate” evidence.
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February 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
On this day, 35 years ago

In History: Nelson Mandela walks out of prison a free man

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In History: Nelson Mandela walks out of prison a free man
In an exclusive clip from the BBC Archive, watch Nelson Mandela speak about his historic release from prison, a watershed moment for South Africa in its transition to democracy.
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February 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
‘We were betrayed’: families of apartheid victims sue South African government

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‘We were betrayed’: families of apartheid victims sue South African government
High court case demands inquiry into 1985 Cradock Four killings and ‘constitutional damages’ worth £7.3m
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January 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
“The village remains haunted by its impact. When we visited, more than a month after the strike, a father continued to visit the site every day, hoping for news of his 11-year-old son, whose body had yet to be found.”

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Mostly civilians were killed in IDF attack on Lebanon village, BBC finds
The missile strike on a Lebanese apartment block targeting Hezbollah left mostly civilians dead, BBC finds.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM