Mine Standoff That Saw Hundreds Trapped Ends With 87 Declared Dead
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
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Southern Africa: Growing Authoritarianism Threatens Rights
Several governments across Southern Africa grew increasingly authoritarian and intolerant of dissent throughout 2024.
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday. Authorities ...
Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
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South Africa accused of ‘horrific’ crackdown as 78 bodies pulled from mine
The Democratic Alliance, the second-biggest party in the governing coalition, calls for an independent inquiry.
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The Ghosts of Bud Dajo
During a sweltering week in March 1906, American soldiers ascended Bud Dajo, a 2,000-foot volcano on the island of Jolo in ...
140 years since the Berlin Congress: The new Scramble for Africa—Part Two
The development of the revolutionary socialist movement was inseparably bound up with the struggle against imperialism.