Police clash with anti-Obama protestors as President meets Mandela's family

Riot police in South Africa have clashed with anti-Obama protestors in the township of Soweto.

Police clash with anti-Obama protestors as President meets Mandela's family
Sat, 29 Jun, 2013 - 17:01

Riot police in South Africa have clashed with anti-Obama protestors in the township of Soweto.

Stun guns were fired at demonstrators to try and disperse them shortly before the US President Barack Obama arrived in the Johannesburg district.

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