Nelson Mandela has lung infection
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is suffering from a recurring lung infection and is responding to medical treatments, the nation's presidency said Tuesday...
Transgender prostitutes face abuse in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Transgender sex workers in Ivory Coast have been subjected to horrific abuses by the country's armed forces, including being sodomized with rifles, according to interviews with victims...
South Africa minister visits Mandela in hospital
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela is “doing very, very well” while undergoing unspecified medic
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Nelson Mandela in hospital for tests
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African President Jacob Zuma says that former President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital in Pretoria to undergo tests...
Ivory Coast may try wife of ex-president
PARIS (AP) - Ivory Coast's president is leaving open the possibility that his country won't hand over the wife of ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo to the International Criminal Court, which has indicted her on charges including murder, rape and persecution...
'Jungle Gold': A case study in the exploitation of Africa
OPINION - 'Jungle Gold' chronicles an ill-advised mission of three Utahans desperate to pay off over a million dollars of debt...
Oprah Winfrey may no longer be the richest black woman in the world
theGRIO REPORT - Nigerian philanthropist, fashion designer and oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija was recently on Forbes' list of Africa's 40 richest people...
South Africa: Progress on HIV/AIDS
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - In the 1990s South Africa's problem was compounded by years of misinformation by President Thabo Mbeki, who questioned the link between HIV and AIDS
Congo: Images of a country at war
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Congolese officials are in talks Sunday with representatives of M23, the rebel group that last week took control of the eastern Congo city of Goma, according to Ugandan officials...
Black general demoted for lavish travel, spending
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demoted the former head of U.S. Africa Command who was accused of spending thousands of dollars on lavish travel and other unauthorized expenses...
