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Today's first story takes us to South Africa. There have been some big question mark hanging over the nation's government, primarily what will happen to President Jacob Zuma. The 75-year-old became leader of the parliamentary republic after his political party won elections in 2009.

But that party, the African National Congress, has demanded that President Zuma resign, and on Tuesday, he refused to go.

Since he took power, Zuma's government has been involved in a number of scandals. President Zuma himself has been accused hundreds of times of corruption because of a weapons deal dating back to the 1990s. He denies all of the accusations and he's remained in power despite several attempts from opposition political parties to remove him. But in recent years, his African National Congress party has been losing support in South Africa, and in December, it chose another politician to lead it.

A party official said yesterday that President Zuma had agreed to step down as president but he wanted to stay for several more months to oversee the transition to a new government. The African National Congress said no.

There's no constitutional requirement for President Zuma to give in to his party's demand that he leave. South Africa's parliament can force him out of power before his term ends next year, but the African National Congress would have to team up with opposition parties in the vote. It's reluctant to do that.

President Zuma was expected to give a news conference on Wednesday morning that could answer what happens next.