AFP IS CLOSING THE LIVE REPORT ON THE DEATH OF NELSON MANDELA, the South African anti-apartheid hero beloved as a global symbol of peace and forgiveness and the father of the “Rainbow Nation”. 0245 GMT: F.W de Klerk, the former South African president…
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With its tales of infidelity, backstabbing and money-grabbing, “Lekki Wives” has become one of the most talked-about television programmes in Nigeria. But the edgy portrayal of life in one of Lagos’ newest suburbs is far from imagined — and a sharp…
BERN, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — It is with great sadness that the President of the Swiss…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The international football community has today learnt the sad news of…
DUBLIN, Ireland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — It is with deep sadness and regret that I learned tonight…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following the death of Nelson Mandela, the Foreign Secretary William Hague…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, we bid farewell to a man who dedicated his life…
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCDecember 5, 2013Madiba’s ‘long walk to freedom’…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Millions of people, including many who never met him, will feel…
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, we have lost one of history’s great leaders. I extend my…
PLANO, TX, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — DreamTrips™ Vacation Club (https://dreamtrips.com), one of the world’s leading travel and…
President Obama addressed the nation on the death of Nelson Mandela.
A ship, two portable treatment plants and less than 90 days: that’s the plan the Pentagon unveiled Thursday to destroy “hundreds of tons” of Syria’s most dangerous chemical weapons. After Albania refused to destroy the lethal “priority 1” chemical agents…
Ho/Framingham Police Department/AFPThis undated booking photo courtesy of the Framingham, Massachussetts Police Department shows Onyango Obama. The uncle of US President Barack Obama was arrested last week near Boston on a charge of drunk driving, police…
America’s first black president Barack Obama Thursday mourned Nelson Mandela as a “profoundly good” man who “took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice.” Obama — who met the former South African president briefly…
South Africa’s archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu lauded his compatriot and fellow Nobel peace laureate Nelson Mandela Friday as the man who taught a deeply divided nation how to come together. “Over the past 24 years Madiba taught us how to come together…
Barcelona boasts the world’s most successful bike share program, according to a report Thursday that lays out the secrets of getting more people out and about on two wheels. The Spanish Mediterranean city’s Bicing system averages 10.8 trips per bike…
Great news for innovation: the United States House of Representatives has approved a bill to curb the abusive actions of patent trolls. According to Reuters, the bill had no trouble passing at 325 votes to 91, and the Senate will look into the issue…
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday hailed Nelson Mandela as “a truly great man” after the anti-apartheid hero died in South Africa aged 95. “Nelson Mandela was one of the great figures of Africa, arguably one of the great figures of the…
Nelson Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95, President Jacob Zuma said Thursday. “He is now resting … he is now at peace,” a visibly…