Winnie Mandela Dies At 81
South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela has died aged 81, her personal assistant says. Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson...
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Letter From Africa: Mugabe ‘unloved’ On His Birthday
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe considers the fate of ousted President Robert Mugabe as he celebrates his 94th birthday. A famous quote by...
South Africa: ANC Leaders Expected To Ask President Zuma To Resign
Leaders of South Africa’s governing ANC party are meeting to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma. The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says BBC Africa...
ANC Leaders Meet To Decide On Zuma’s Future
Leaders of South Africa’s governing ANC party are due to meet to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma. The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says BBC Africa...
ANC To Decide On Jacob Zuma’s Future
Leaders of South Africa’s governing ANC party are due to meet to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma. The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says BBC Africa...
ANC To Decide On Zuma’s Future
Leaders of South Africa’s governing ANC party are due to meet to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma. The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says BBC Africa...
US Inmate Sentenced For Threatening To Kill Obama
A 32-year-old prison inmate and Muslim convert from Massachusetts has been sentenced to three years behind bars for threatening to kill then Barack Obama when US president, prosecutors announced....
How ‘dark Genius’ Ailes Reshaped US Television News
Championed by conservatives as a visionary, reviled by liberals as a menace, Fox News founder Roger Ailes re-shaped US television news and helped to craft a conservative populism that ultimately gave...
Obama At Chicago Youth Event
Former US President Barack Obama could not help a rueful smile when a panellist in Chicago told him he was in eighth grade, about 13-15 years old, when America's first black president was first...
Obama Is Back For First Speech Since Leaving Office
After several months off largely out of the public eye, former US president Barack Obama returns to center stage Monday, giving a speech in his adopted hometown of Chicago that -- theoretically --...
From Anti-Apartheid Fight To Internal Struggles
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), now struggling with internal conflicts, started out as an elite black group. The liberation movement took power in 1994, four years after the...
Mandela’s Eldest Grandchild Ditches His ANC Party
Nelson Mandela's eldest grandchild has publicly ditched the ruling African National Congress party over its damaging and seemingly endless scandals. Nelson Mandela led the ANC from 1991 to 1997,...
Mandela Grandchildren Dispute ANC Future
The eldest granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an anti-apartheid icon, has been urged to reconsider her decision no longer to vote for the governing African...
Ndileka Mandela: ANC Rejection ‘heart-Wrenching’
The eldest granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an anti-apartheid icon, has been urged to reconsider her decision no longer to vote for the governing African...
ANC Rejection ‘heart-Wrenching’ Brother
The eldest granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president and an anti-apartheid icon, has been urged to reconsider her decision no longer to vote for the governing African...
Nkrumah, Ghana and Its Independence In the Words of the Greats
On the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Ghana’s weaning itself off the breast of the wicked colonialist British, the President of the land, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo gave a...
We Deliberately Set ‘high Bar’ For Mo Ibrahim $5m Prize – Chair
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation says it has found no winner, again, for its prestigious Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The selection Committee chaired by Tanzanian diplomat and former...
An International Shame and Democratic Setback – Mandela Foundation
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has added its voice to condemnation of recent xenophobic attacks in the country. The called on the government to act fast to curb the situation and for aggrieved parties...
Facts About The Ghanaian Lady Who Won England’s CBE Award
Queen Elizabeth II of England has awarded a Ghanaian-born nurse in the UK, Cecilia Anim, with a CBE, (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). The New Year Honours are awarded...
Ghana’s Cecilia Anim Awarded CBE By the Queen of England
A Ghanaian-born nurse in the UK, Cecilia Anim, has been awarded a CBE, (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by the Queen of England as part of her 2017 New Year Honours list....