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The killing of George Floyd in the
of Minneapolis on May the 25th has reverberated across the
. Mr Floyd, a
black man, died after a police officer knelt on his
for over eight minutes, even after he was pleading for
and then stopped moving. Days of rioting, looting and
with police followed as citizens vented their anger over the
. The protests have escalated across America's major cities. There have also been protests outside U.S.
across the world. The killing of Mr Floyd led the African Union Commission to take the unprecedented
of condemning what it called "murder" and the "continuing discriminatory practices against
citizens".
