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Former South African President Charged With Corruption

The former South African President Jacob Zuma has been charged with corruption just one month after being forced to resign.

Only a month after he was forced to resign as President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma has been charged with bribery, corruption and money-laundering in relation to a $2.5bn government arms deal in the late 1990s, before he took office.

Also in the programme: British police announce a murder investigation into the death of a Russian exile in London; and the outgoing President of Botswana criticises Donald Trump for "encouraging poaching" by overturning a ban on importing hunting trophies.

(Photo: Former South African President Jacob Zuma. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Fri 16 Mar 201821:06GMT

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