Washington: US Vice-President Mike Pence visited an overcrowded migrant camp in Texas on Friday, coming face to face with detainees held in horrific conditions and deploring an immigration crisis that he said was "overwhelming our system". Pence travelled to the Mexico border as protesters rallied in several US cities urging the government to shut down what they call "concentration camps". Pence visited the McAllen Border Station, where he was taken to a sweltering outdoor portal where 384 men were held in a caged area. AFP
S.Africa's Zuma to testify at graft scandal inquiry
Johannesburg: South African former president Jacob Zuma is due on Monday to make a much-anticipated appearance before an inquiry into alleged corruption after previous witnesses gave damning evidence against him. Zuma is accused of overseeing mass looting of state funds during his nine-year reign before he was ousted in 2018 by the ruling ANC party and replaced by Cyril Ramaphosa. Zuma, 77, has denied all wrongdoing, and his lawyers have described the inquiry as an attempt to "ambush and humiliate" him. AFP
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