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World in brief: December 20, 2024
Students stopping traffic, stand in silence during ongoing protests that erupted after a concrete canopy fell last month and killed 15 people, in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024

SERBIA: Hundreds of Serbian students and others briefly blocked traffic throughout the country today as political tensions continue to simmer following last month’s collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people.

The 15-minute traffic blockades have taken place every Friday at 11.52 am, the exact time on November 1 when tons of concrete came crashing down on people standing underneath outside a railway station building in the northern city of Novi Sad.

UNITED NATIONS:  More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across west and central Africa with that number set to rise to 52 million by the middle of next year, the United Nations food agency said today.

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