South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
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Jimmy Carter and Kentucky
The political life of Jimmy Carter had several threads in Kentucky, which in turn influenced the state’s political and economic life. Perhaps the first major law Carter signed as president, and one ...
The rise of plant poaching: how a craze for succulents is driving a new illegal trade
In the wilds of South Africa’s Northern Cape, poaching ‘green diamonds’ has become an almost irresistible temptation ...
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Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma
The M23 rebel group has declared the key city of Goma under its control, signalling a big blow to the Congolese army.
Rwandan-backed rebels clash with Congolese forces over control of Goma
M23 rebels said they have advanced into Goma, a large city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of ...
'All we can hear are gunshots': DR Congo fighting as it happened
DR Congo soldiers have surrendered to Rwandan forces following fierce clashes with the M23 rebel movement in DR Congo's ...
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Ian Cameron opens the can of worms at Crime Intelligence…
Ian Cameron discusses SA’s Crime Intelligence scandals, police corruption, oversight challenges, and strategies to combat ...
Fighting Alongside Russia, North Koreans Wage Their Own War
Ukrainian forces described a different kind of enemy, fighting with unfamiliar tactics and little option to retreat.
Hundreds wounded, bodies in streets after DR Congo fighting - UN
The DR Congo and the UN say the M23 is backed by Rwanda. The Rwandan authorities neither confirm nor deny this. Last year, a ...
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Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones
New oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges by melting the mantle, leading to a uniform crustal thickness ... Eurasia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australia and Zealandia.
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Notes on the underground — where the most desperate and impoverished scavenge for illicit gold
With ghastly stories emerging about cannibalism and mass death underground, it was time to reconnect with the anthropology professor and filmmaker Rosalind Morris, who remains perhaps the ...
The fugitive prince
A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine ...