Nigerian-born novelist and poet Chinua Achebe. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) NEW YORK — The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a...
Nelson Mandela (AP Photo/Lulamile Feni-Daily Dispatch) JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to...
South African President Jacob Zuma, center, is greeted upon arrival in Harare, Zimbabwe last month. Zuma, the chief regional mediator on Zimbabwe, arrived in...
Striking mine workers listen to firebrand politician Julius Malema, nicknamed Juju, addressing them at the Goldfields Mine, Grootfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012....
JOHANNESBURG — Frantic wives searched for missing loved ones, President Jacob Zuma rushed home from a regional summit and some miners vowed a fight to the death Friday as police (pictured) finally announced the toll from the previous day’s shooting by officers of striking platinum miners: 34 dead and 78 wounded. RELATED: Shares In African Miner ...
