South Africa
South African police shot fleeing miners, witness says
World
September 7, 2012
South African police shot fleeing miners, witness says
MARIKANA, South Africa — A survivor of last month's police killing of 34 strikers at a South African mine says…
South Africa police fire tear gas as mine unrest spreads
World
September 3, 2012
South Africa police fire tear gas as mine unrest spreads
JOHANNESBURG — South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold mine near…
South Africa charges miners with murder of fellow workers
World
August 31, 2012
South Africa charges miners with murder of fellow workers
South African prosecutors on Thursday charged 270 mine workers with the murder of 34 striking colleagues shot dead by police,…
South Africa miners maintain strike as only 13% work
World
August 27, 2012
South Africa miners maintain strike as only 13% work
Thousands of miners refused Monday to call off a strike at a South African platinum mine where police killed 34…
Israel slams S Africa over label identifies goods as from Palestine
World
August 22, 2012
Israel slams S Africa over label identifies goods as from Palestine
The Israeli foreign ministry dismissed as "unacceptable" a decision by the South African cabinet on Wednesday approving the placing of…
Mine ‘bloodbath’ shocks post-apartheid South Africa
World
August 18, 2012
Mine ‘bloodbath’ shocks post-apartheid South Africa
MARIKANA, South Africa — The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the…
Tense standoff after South Africa mine shootings
World
August 17, 2012
Tense standoff after South Africa mine shootings
A hundred women danced in a dirt road Friday, singing protest songs amid ramshackle wooden and corrugated metal shacks sitting over one…
South African becomes first woman to head African Union Commission
World
July 16, 2012
South African becomes first woman to head African Union Commission
South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma won a closely fought election to become the new head of the African Union Commission, the…
Electoral fraud suspected in Saudi and South Africa
Egypt
June 11, 2012
Electoral fraud suspected in Saudi and South Africa
The Presidential Elections Commission on Monday said it received complaints about alleged electoral fraud during expatriate voting in the presidential…
Security forces arrest trafficking network smuggling Egyptians to South Africa
Egypt
March 14, 2012
Security forces arrest trafficking network smuggling Egyptians to South Africa
Security authorities in Zambia arrested six Egyptians attempting to cross the border into Zimbabwe, from where they were planning to…