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The UK is sending some of Ghana's "crown jewels" back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king.
A gold peace pipe is among 32 items returning under long-term loan deals, the BBC can reveal.
The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is lending 17 pieces and 15 are from the British Museum.
Ghana's chief negotiator said he hoped for "a new sense of cultural co-operation" after generations of anger.
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The murder rate in South Africa is at a 20-year high.
According to the latest annual statistics, more than 27,000 people were killed in a year but only 12% of cases were solved.
Security van heists and robberies are also a serious problem, with many people relying on private security instead of police.
Minister for the police, Bheki Cele, said the government was getting "on top of things".
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A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, said scientists.
It is the first time a creature in the wild has been recorded treating an injury with a medicinal plant.
After researchers saw Rakus applying the plant poultice to his face, the wound closed up and healed in a month.
The behaviour could come from a common ancestor shared by humans and great apes, scientists have said.
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