Riots

(Adds South African ministers, details) ABUJA/CAPE TOWN, Sept 10 (Reuters) - At least 640 Nigerians have signed up to take free flights home from South Africa after xenophobic attacks on foreigners, a spokeswoman for Nigeria's president said on Tuesday. The…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Groups of men also interrupted a speech by the police minister earlier in the week South Africans have disrupted a speech in Johannesburg by a veteran politician who was trying to quell tensions following a recent w…

Image copyrightFairfax / Getty ImagesImage caption Robert Mugabe in 1981, shortly after he was named prime minister of Zimbabwe Until he was ousted two years ago, Robert Mugabe was the only president I and the other "born frees" - the generation born after…

Violent riots broke out in South Africa’s largest city and commercial capital, Johannesburg, with mobs targeting foreign-owned shops and stores. Many South African workers resent the influx of foreigners, particularly those coming from other parts of Africa, …

HARARE (Reuters) - When Robert Mugabe was deposed as Zimbabwe’s president in 2017, Karen Sundirai was convinced the country would quickly recover from years of economic turmoil and authoritarian rule. Nearly two years later, the 36-year-old bank teller spea…

HARARE (Reuters) - Following are key milestones in the life of Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe. 1924 - Mugabe is born on Feb. 21 in what was then British-ruled Southern Rhodesia. 1940s-1950s - He is educated at Catholic schools and attends South Af…

HARARE (Reuters) - Following are key milestones in the life of Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe. 1924 - Mugabe is born on Feb. 21 in what was then British-ruled Southern Rhodesia. 1940s-1950s - He is educated at Catholic schools and attends South Af…

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday at least 10 people have been killed, two of them foreigners, in a wave of riots and attacks. “Over the past few days our country has been deeply traumatized and troubled by a…

The squabble over Britains withdrawal from the European Union intensified in Parliament. MPs in the House of Commons defied the government by passing a bill that seeks a delay to Brexit until January 31st if a deal has not been passed in the chamber by Octobe…

Businesses destroyed in SA xenophobic attacks