April 9, 2019

South Africa rhino poacher killed by elephants, eaten by lions

JOHANNESBURG A suspected rhino poacher was trampled to death by an elephant and his body devoured by lions in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, officials said Monday.South African rangers have recovered the skull of the man in the vast Kruger sanctu…

Sudan Police Ordered Not to Shoot Protesters

KHARTOUM/WASHINGTON/JUBA Protesters in Khartoum are continuing to demand the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir, staging a sit-in Tuesday outside army headquarters, where heavy gunfire was heard. Reported attempts by government security forces to …

Hungary: ‘Porgy and Bess’ Cast Asked to Be African American

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY The Hungarian State Opera has asked the nearly all-white cast for its production of “Porgy and Bess” to self-identify as African American.The Hungarian performers were asked to sign a statement declaring that “African-American origin …

MINISTER MANTASHE TO OFFICIALLY OPEN IMPUMELELO COLLIERY

The Minister of Mineral Resources, Mr Gwede Mantashe will on Friday, 12 April 2019, officially open Sasol’s Impumelelo Colliery near Secunda, in Mpumalanga. The opening of the mine, which employs about 1700 workers, follows the completion of Phase 2 of…

One Man’s Quest to Find the Dead After Devastating Cyclone

MAGARU, MOZAMBIQUE He was haunted by the thought of a small child’s skull, unburied and lost in the debris of a cyclone that had claimed hundreds of lives.Stephen Fonseca stood in a field of ruined maize where a tiny spine had been found, and he wanted…

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