World & Nation
Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 1 million, but global health experts say the true toll is much higher
Aug. 6, 2020
Newspapers in Nigeria breathlessly reported a few years ago that the South African army planned to bomb Africa’s most populous country because of Nigeria’s tough stand against apartheid.
April 21, 1994
South Africa said Friday it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court at The Hague, raising fears of an African exodus from a tribunal established to prosecute the worst crimes against humanity.
Oct. 21, 2016
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s five-nation itinerary told African leaders everything they needed to know about the Trump administration’s approach to the continent: Counter-terrorism is in.
March 7, 2018
Most news from Africa seems to go from bad to worse.
July 23, 2000
South Africa’s foreign minister says her country’s citizens who fight in the Israeli armed forces or alongside them in Gaza will be arrested when they return home.
March 13, 2024
As the coronavirus moved to Africa, health experts warned of impending disaster, but so far those predictions have not panned out.
Sept. 22, 2020
Sports
Sept. 16, 2014
An international ratings agency has downgraded one of South Africa’s credit ratings to junk for the first time since 2000, triggering a dive in the currency, the rand, and sparking calls from senior figures in the governing African National Congress for President Jacob Zuma to resign.
April 4, 2017
Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir’s jet took off into Pretoria’s sunny winter skies Monday, spiriting him away from a looming arrest warrant and leaving behind a trail of questions about South Africa’s respect for international law and its own courts.
June 15, 2015