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Netherlands beat Zimbabwe for consolation win at T20 World Cup
Netherlands beat Zimbabwe for consolation win at T20 World Cup
Africa
by  AFP

Paul van Meekeren's three wickets helped the Netherlands claim their first victory of the T20 World Cup Super 12 stage Wednesday as their five-wicket win all but eliminated Zimbabwe. The Netherlands bowled out Zimbabwe, who elected to bat first, in 19.2 overs despite a 24-ball 40 by the in-form Sikandar Raza.

DR Congo's faltering fight against illegal cobalt mines
DR Congo's faltering fight against illegal cobalt mines
Africa
by  AFP

Five thousand diggers pack tightly together at the bottom of a crater in southeastern DR Congo, swinging hammers and picks to prise chunks of speckled blue-gold ore from the earth. As the diggers gouge at blue-tinged soil, hundreds of dust-covered porters trudge up a ramp leading out of the pit, their backs bent under the weight of sacks of ore.