Iceland votes in centre-right that presided over financial crash
Bjarni Benediktsson, leader of the Independence party of Iceland. Just two weeks ago he considered resigning after record low poll ratings. Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images Icelandic...
View ArticleDylann Roof Had A Rhodesian Flag On His Jacket -- Here's What That Tells Us
Dylann Storm Roof, the 21-year-old man suspected of killing nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday, wore a jacket with the flags of apartheid South Africa and...
View ArticleZimbabwe's Mugabe, 89, is sworn in and attacks 'vile' West
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Africa's oldest leader at 89, began a new five-year term on Thursday by calling the West "vile" for questioning his re-election and vowing to...
View ArticleMugabe sworn in as Zimbabwe president
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader at 89, began a new five-year term today by calling the West “vile” for questioning his re-election and vowing to press ahead with nationalist...
View ArticleScots voting today on whether to declare independence
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scots held the fate of the United Kingdom in their hands Thursday as they voted in a referendum on becoming an independent state, deciding whether to unravel a marriage with...
View ArticleA military alliance between Portugal and African states that few knew about
Portugal today marks the 40th anniversary of the revolution that freed it from dictatorship. As it does so, new information is emerging about what the toppled regime was doing in Africa – the source of...
View ArticleScots voting on whether to declare independence
Edinburgh, Scotland • Scots held the fate of the United Kingdom in their hands Thursday as they voted in a referendum on becoming an independent state, deciding whether to unravel a marriage with...
View ArticleZim: Raising politicians inside a union
Zimbabwe's unions have long been a nursery for aspiring politicians. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters) Our Coverage More Coverage Zimbabwe's politics and unions have always been intertwined. Godfrey Huggins,...
View ArticleZimbabwe faces poll with little violence this time
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- At the age of 89 President Robert Mugabe is on the campaign trail, seeking to extend his grip on Zimbabwe in an election next week that observers fear will be marred by fraud. But...
View ArticleCharleston shootings: the apartheid era flags that have found new life with...
The orange, white and blue flag of apartheid South Africa and also that of former Rhodesia were sported by Dylann Roof ...
View ArticleLibyan minister threatens to help illegal migrants reach Europe if EU does...
Published May 11, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 TRIPOLI, Libya – A Libyan Cabinet minister has threatened to help illegal migrants reach Europe if the European Union does not do more...
View ArticleScotland votes in historic independence referendum
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Scots held the fate of the United Kingdom in their hands Thursday as they voted in a referendum on becoming an independent state, deciding whether to unravel a marriage with...
View ArticleTerence Ranger obituary
A champion of African nationalism, and one of the continent’s most radical and influential historians ...
View ArticleScottish voters flock to vote on independence
Scots held the fate of the UK in their hands yesterday as they voted in a referendum on becoming an independent state, deciding whether to unravel a marriage with England that built an empire, but has...
View ArticleRobert Mugabe slates Tony Blair over Zimbabwe's land reform programme
The Zimbabwean president was charming and defiant on a state visit to South Africa, accusing the former PM of reneging on promises to fund redistribution ...
View Article>Hopes, fears as Zimbabwe marks 33rd birthday
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The name of Zimbabwe's last white leader, who ceded power to Robert Mugabe 33 years ago and who died six years ago, has at last been removed from the nation's list of 5.7...
View ArticleHopes, fears as Zimbabwe marks 33rd birthday
ANGUS SHAW , The Associated Press Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 5:54 AM HARARE, Zimbabwe - The name of Zimbabwe's last white leader, who ceded power to Robert Mugabe 33 years ago and who died six...
View ArticleGuy Scott, who is white, becomes Zambia's president with death of Sata
Guy Scott, famous in Zambia for his jocular, outspoken – and sometimes undiplomatic – tongue, became the nation's acting president Wednesday, sub-Saharan Africa's only current white head of state....
View ArticleZambia's acting president Guy Scott is new 'Last King of Scotland'
Idi Amin, the self-proclaimed last King of Scotland, might have an heir to the throne. The brutal former Ugandan dictator coined the title out of his admiration for the Scots and their historical...
View ArticleInsight: In the shadow of Mandela, Zimbabwe's Mugabe fights on
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Both are hailed as African liberation heroes and both preached, and were praised for, messages of reconciliation and unity when their countries threw off the shackles of white...
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