Anti-apartheid activist and renowned South African writer Breyten Breytenbach has passed away at 85 in Paris. Known for his outspoken opposition to apartheid, he left a lasting impact on literature ...

The renowned anti-apartheid writer and activist Breyten Breytenbach, jailed for his beliefs in South Africa in the 1970s, has died aged 85, his family said. He passed away in his sleep, with his wife ...

A new documentary by Raoul Peck draws on a trove of photographs once thought lost. Released from a bank vault with no records ...

Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms ...

For the last forty-four years, Republican presidents and lawmakers have been trying to dismantle the Department of Education.

Elections in Namibia and proposed negotiations in Mozambique make this a pivotal week for the region’s future governance.

South Africa has entered the age of coalition politics. But the long-dominant ANC is still running its foreign policy. The post The ANC Is Keeping a Tight Grip on South Africa's Foreign Policy ...

Whereas Jan Smuts was to be largely forgotten after his defeat in South Africa’s 1948 election, Nelson Mandela became an ...

Analysis - Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870-1950) and Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) belonged to and were shaped by two different epochs in South Africa, yet left an indelible mark on its history.

East African heads of state have made another push for peace in eastern Congo but its prospects remained bleak following a ...

The first Congress began in 1789, and truth be told, it wasn’t really the first. The Confederation Congress met from 1781 ...

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