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New Netflix documentary reexamines Winnie Mandela's divisive legacy
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (938+ words) Updated May 2, 2026 at 10: 36 AM CDT JOHANNESBURG, South Africa "Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered "and controversial " women in South African history, but to her grandchildren the anti-apartheid icon was always just their beloved 'Big Mommy.'" Now two of…...
G20 summit closes in South Africa after U. S. absence
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (678+ words) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa " This weekend's G20 Leaders' Summit in South Africa was unusual for several reasons. The first summit on the African continent was also the first time the U. S. had boycotted the summit of the world's largest economies. It was also…...
From Madagascar to Morocco: Gen Z protests shake Africa
7+ mon, 9+ hour ago (897+ words) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa " Youth-led protests are roiling countries in disparate parts of Africa, from the Indian Ocean to the Sahara, with members of so-called Generation Z " those under 28 years old " taking to the streets in frustration over years of poor…...
Photos: The perilous lives of men who salvage coal from abandoned mines
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1308+ words) When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy about the type of job he wanted when he grew up. Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers. All Siyabonga wanted, he says, was a job that made him happy....
In April NPR profiled people who couldn't get their HIV drugs. How are they faring now?
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1781+ words) This year Billiance Chondwe has found himself careening between grave concern for his community and guarded optimism. Chondwe " who is affectionately called Pastor Billy by his congregants in Kitwe, Zambia " knows many people who are HIV positive. So, on January…...
Scientists in South Africa are making rhino horns radioactive to fight poaching
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (288+ words) Under the collaborative project involving the University of the Witwatersrand, nuclear energy officials and conservationists, five rhinos were injected in what the university hopes will be the start of a mass injection of the declining rhino population. They're calling it…...
Next time you see a vulture picking over a carcass, say 'thank you!"
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (584+ words) Growing up in India, environmental economist Anant Sudarshan remembers the vultures. "When I used to go to school, the school bus would cross the river. And you always saw these vultures in vast quantities," he said. "They would feed on…...
'We are on our knees': U. S. tariffs devastate Lesotho's garment workers
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (1405+ words) MASERU, Lesotho "Crowds of women, bundled up in wooly hats and mittens against the sharp winter chill, wait every morning at the gates of a garment factory in Lesotho's capital, hoping that a few among them will be called in…...
Despite ongoing Taliban threats, the U. S. is ending some protections for Afghans
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (907+ words) Updated July 14, 2025 at 6: 37 AM CDT This story originally published June 12. Temporary Protected Status for Afghan refugees ends'today. "It's time for you to leave the United States." The instruction to leave appeared in the inboxes of thousands of Afghans living in…...
The story of an HIV-positive orphan and a pastor's quest to help after U. S. aid cuts
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (724+ words) GABRIELLE EMANUEL, BYLINE: Night had fallen hours before, but pastor Billiance Chondwe was not slowing down. On February 20, he frantically recorded voice messages on Whats App and dialed distant acquaintances from his home in Zambia. BILLIANCE CHONDWE: I called the…...