World Aug 01 Protests erupt in Zimbabwe over delayed election results Rioting erupted Wednesday in Zimbabwe's capital as opposition supporters clashed with police and army troops over delays in announcing results from the presidential election, the country's first since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.
World Jul 25 China’s Xi warns of ‘unilateralism’ in U.S. trade dispute JOHANNESBURG — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the world faces "a choice between cooperation and confrontation" in remarks critical of escalating U.S. tariffs on goods from China and other major trading partners.
World Apr 02 Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies at 81 South Africa's state broadcaster says Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, has died. Her own activism against apartheid led to her being imprisoned for months and years under house arrest.
World Feb 26 2 lions from Mideast war zones head to South African refuge JOHANNESBURG — Two lions rescued from neglected zoos in war zones in Iraq and Syria were transported to South Africa on Monday to live at a sanctuary with other animals that survived harsh conditions in captivity elsewhere in the world.
World Feb 15 Cyril Ramaphosa elected as South Africa’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa's new president after the resignation of Jacob Zuma, whose scandals brought the storied African National Congress to its weakest point since taking power at the end of apartheid.
World Feb 14 In televised address, Jacob Zuma resigns as South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma resigned on Wednesday in a televised address to the nation, avoiding his almost certain ouster in a parliamentary vote scheduled for Thursday after years of corruption scandals.
World Feb 14 South Africa’s president says ‘I will be out’ South African President Jacob Zuma said "I will be out" if parliament votes against him in a motion of no confidence set for Thursday.