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African National Congress leader Cyril Ramaphosa secures second term with the help of lawmakers from opposition parties.
Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as South Africa’s president for a second term after his party struck a last-minute deal with political rivals.
Ramaphosa’s African National Congress, which came to power in 1994 after waging a decades-long battle against apartheid, lost its majority for the first time in an election last month and spent two weeks locked in intensive behind-the-scenes talks with other parties.
As the newly elected parliament convened on Friday,…
