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September 24, 2020 at 9:20 am

South Africa lifts spirits with Jerusalema dance amid virus VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans of all walks of life are dancing to “Jerusalema,” a rousing anthem to lift their spirits amid the battle against...

Entertainment

September 22, 2020 at 6:26 am

Extremist violence causes food shortages in north Mozambique VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The escalating extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique has displaced 310,000 people, creating an urgent humanitarian crisis, the World Food Program said Tuesday....

FILE – In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 file photo, rhinos walk in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve in South Africa. South Africaâ€™s anti-COVID-19 lockdown is credited with helping to achieve a dramatic drop in rhino killings, but as the country opens up experts warn there is a risk of a resurgence of poaching of one of Earthâ€™s most endangered mammals. Redoubled efforts are critical to prevent a resurgence of killings of the countryâ€™s rhinoceros, South African officials and wildlife activists say, as World Rhino Day is marked Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File) JOH104 JOH104

September 22, 2020 at 2:44 am

South Africa’s rhino poaching drops during virus lockdown

The temporary halt to both domestic and international travel has coincided with a sharp decline in the number of rhinos killed by poachers. Wildlife officials...

September 18, 2020 at 1:08 am

AP Interview: South Africa to know true virus toll in weeks VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa should know its true toll from the coronavirus pandemic within a few weeks, the government’s chief medical adviser says, as...

FILE – In this, May 9, 2009 file photo, South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela attends the inauguration ceremony of President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, South Africa. According to an account in a book written by Trumpâ€™s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, published Tuesday Sept. 8, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump made crude, disparaging remarks about Mandela, that has drawn an angry response from South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party and others. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) XDF103 XDF103

September 8, 2020 at 9:57 am

South African party rejects alleged Trump comment on Mandela

The Nobel Peace prize winner who guided South Africa out of apartheid was allegedly maligned, after his 2013 death, by Donald Trump. That claim is...

August 25, 2020 at 10:05 pm

COVID-19 lockdowns blocked flu in some places but fall looms VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Winter is ending in the Southern Hemisphere and country after country -- South Africa, Australia, Argentina -- had a surprise: Their steps...

August 18, 2020 at 10:35 am

Mauritius arrests captain of Japanese ship that spilled oil VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities in Mauritius have arrested the captain of the Japanese ship that ran aground on a coral reef and spilled 1,000 tons...

August 18, 2020 at 2:26 am

As virus cases fall, South Africa allows liquor sales VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa, which had one of the world's strictest anti-coronavirus lockdowns for five months, relaxed its restrictions Tuesday, permitting the sales of...

Three women wearing protective masks sit by the dock in Porto o Barqueiro, north western Spain, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. Europe’s tourism revival is running into turbulence only weeks after countries reopened their borders, with rising infections in Spain and other nations causing increasing concern among health authorities over people bringing the coronavirus home from their summer vacations. (AP Photo/Paul White) PW104 PW104

August 17, 2020 at 5:22 am

Returning vacationers face new constraints as virus spikes VIEW

Aroiund the world, countries that had seen declines in coronavirus cases were handling outbreaks brought back by people who had traveled.

Nation & World

August 13, 2020 at 8:03 am

Grounded ship emptied of oil, but heavy damage for Mauritius

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Almost all the remaining oil has been pumped from a Japanese ship that ran aground off Mauritius, but its initial spill of...