Africa

Review: 'Under African Skies' revisits Paul Simon's 'Graceland'

2012-05-11 00:00:00

When Paul Simon's seminal album "Graceland" landed in 1986 with its intoxicating African rhythms and critical acclaim, it also came tainted by the apartheid controversy already swirling around it. The excellent new documentary "Under African Skies"...

Global push to guarantee health coverage leaves U.S. behind

2012-05-12 05:00:00

WASHINGTON — Even as Americans debate whether to scrap President Obama's healthcare law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all...

South Africa atwitter over racism-twinged tweets by a pair of models

2012-05-07 16:39:52

South Africa sneaker maker laces up for a hard run at success

2012-05-10 17:49:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — For a Soweto boy, he had a lot of sneakers. He remembers the joy of that first pair. They had to be red. Walking out of the shop carrying a cardboard box with the sneakers, Sifiso Dlamini, at 12, took the first steps on...

Gay marriage: Where it's legal around the world

2012-05-10 16:39:00

Former prosecutor hails Charles Taylor guilty verdict

2012-04-26 16:38:40

Nigerian billionaire leaves his imprint in cement

2012-04-25 17:29:00

LAGOS, Nigeria —The chaotic color of the megalopolis cascades past the window of his silver Mercedes SUV. A police escort with a flashing blue light clears the road ahead. Restless and irritated, the billionaire is in his bubble. With a slim,...

In Mali, a shaky debut for the would-be country of Azawad

2012-05-02 16:38:56

Measles-control effort falls short due to problems in India, Africa

2012-04-24 10:23:00

World Health Organization officials had hoped to achieve a 90% reduction in measles deaths between 2000 and 2010, but fell short of their goal, achieving�just a 74% reduction, researchers said Tuesday. The number of deaths worldwide fell from 535,300 in...

Africa -- the next frontier for virtual currency?

2012-04-03 16:41:25

Book review: 'No Time Like the Present' by Nadine Gordimer

2012-04-08 00:00:00

No Time Like the Present A Novel Nadine Gordimer Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 423 pp., $27 With the title of this novel, her 16th, Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer once again shows her preternatural capacity to take a slangy catchphrase and make it right to...

Gains of Mali's Tuareg rebels appear permanent, analysts say

2012-04-04 00:00:00

It took just a few months of combat for Tuareg rebels in Mali, battle-hardened by their time fighting for Libya's late leader Moammar Kadafi, to achieve a century-old dream: conquering a huge swath of northern Mali that they see as their homeland. Even...

Frederik Willem de Klerk, former president of the Republic of South Africa , presents fellow South African Michaela Mycroft with the Peace Summit Medal for Social Activism for her work for the rights of disabled children in her country. De Klerk was on a panel of five Nobel peace laureates who

2012-04-24 00:00:00

Natchitoches is the oldest settlement in Louisiana and still features architectural influences reminiscent of the French, Spanish, African and Caribbean people who contributed to its early history and development.

2012-03-31 18:29:53

Najwa African Dance Corps dancer Erika Haggard performs during the Thornton Township Black History Month Celebration in Riverdale. The celebration included the presence of two original Tuskegee airmen.

2012-02-24 00:00:00