South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

From Cold War strategies to counterterrorism and development U.S. policy in East Africa must do better to balance security and sustainability. East Africa, comprising nations such as Ethiopia, Kenya, ...

An exhibition at New York’s Scandinavia House features art and music by black Americans who moved to northern Europe in ...

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(Nairobi) – Governments in Central Africa suppressed civil and political rights, especially in the context of elections, with impunity in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report ...

This year’s Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor,” which reflects on the pivotal role Black Americans have played in shaping the country. North Texas’ Black History ...

In a dramatic development, South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was detained on Wednesday near Seoul over allegations concerning his imposition of martial law last month. Anti-corruption ...

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SNSB and LMU Paleontologists have identified a new species of predatory dinosaur from the Cretaceous period in North Africa, about 95 million years old. What makes this discovery so special is ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...

The South African Civic Organisation (Sanco ... “The civic organisation in the North West is ready to open criminal cases against those exploiting the poor but is allowing the ANC and government ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South African officials have arrested more than 100 miners who had been trapped in an illegal gold mine and ...