ANDREW MELDRUM

Wreaths are laid at a statue of former President Nelson Mandela at the entrance to the Victor Verster prison in Paarl, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Thirty years ago, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment at Victor Verster prison by South Africa’s apartheid regime and instantly galvanized the country, and the world, to dismantle the brutal system of racial oppression. (AP Photo/Nasief Manie) XNM103 XNM103

February 11, 2020 at 12:53 am

Mandela’s release 30 years ago birthed a new South Africa VIEW

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Thirty years ago, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment by South Africa's apartheid regime and instantly...

February 5, 2020 at 8:57 am

Graveside memorial as South Africa re-probes activist death

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The dream of an equitable, non-racial South Africa was the driving force of the struggle against apartheid and remains a goal today,...

January 1, 2020 at 10:05 am

Isabel dos Santos slams Angolan court for seizing $1 billion

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Isabel dos Santos, who is often described as Africa's richest woman, has denounced as “politically motivated" an Angolan court order to seize...

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January 1, 2020 at 3:35 am

Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A tragic airline crash with far-reaching consequences, cataclysmic cyclones that may be a harbinger of the future, the death of an African...

December 6, 2019 at 7:55 am

Report: Burundi’s youth militia runs pre-vote extortion ring

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Burundi’s ruling party is using its feared youth militia to extort money from citizens for next year’s elections, Human Rights Watch asserted...

November 8, 2019 at 11:51 am

Bloodhound aims to be world’s fastest car in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An earthbound jet known as the Bloodhound became one of the world's 10 fastest cars this week, on target for its goal...

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November 7, 2019 at 8:45 am

Drought parches southern Africa, millions faced with hunger VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An estimated 45 million people are threatened with hunger by a severe drought strangling wide stretches of southern Africa. Emergency food deliveries...

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October 31, 2019 at 1:10 pm