World Sep 01 A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia The spill happened in February when part of a dam that held waste from the Sino-Metals Leach Zambia copper mine collapsed.
Politics Aug 28 What to know about the Trump administration’s plan to deport migrants to Africa The Trump administration has deported more migrants from the United States as it expands its program to send people to countries they have no ties with.
Politics Aug 05 Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the U.S. after a previous migrant deal with the UK collapsed The U.S. is seeking more deals with African countries to deport people they say entered the country illegally.
Politics Jul 18 Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time The Trump administration has sent hundreds of Venezuelans and others to Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama, and deported eight men earlier this month to South Sudan, also an African country.
World Jul 10 Human rights court rules Olympic champion Caster Semenya did not get fair hearing in sex eligibility case The court's 17-judge highest chamber says Semenya had her rights to a fair hearing violated at Switzerland's Supreme Court where she had appealed against a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in favor of track and field's World…
World Jun 13 South Africa’s president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb The head of the provincial government said the rescue effort was “paralyzed” in the first few hours of the floods because of a lack of resources like specialized search and rescue teams, divers and K-9 dog units in one of…
World Jun 12 South Africa floods leave at least 78 dead as official says rescue attempts were ‘paralyzed’ The death toll in floods in one of South Africa’s poorest provinces rose to at least 78 on Thursday as a top official said rescue attempts in the first hours after the disaster had been “paralyzed” by a lack of resources.
World May 21 WATCH: Trump confronts South African president over baseless claim of targeted killings of white farmers President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers.
World May 15 South Africa’s Ramaphosa and Trump will meet next week after white South Africans as arrived in U.S. for resettlement The U.S. welcomed 59 white South Africans as refugees this Monday, the start of what the Trump administration said is a larger relocation plan for minority Afrikaner farmers who Trump has claimed are being persecuted in their homeland because of…
World May 12 WATCH: White Afrikaners from South Africa arrive at Dulles airport to seek U.S. resettlement Many in South Africa are puzzled by claims that Afrikaners are persecuted and meet the requirements to be relocated as refugees.