U.S. Immigration: USCIS cuts reuse of photos to 36 months
Special to USAfricanonline.com The U.S. immigration agency has revised its biometric policy, limiting reuse of photographs to 3 years and ending acceptance of self-submitted images. The White House characterizes the…
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Brutal life under apartheid
Ellen Moshweu was just trying to go to church. A police officer shot her in the back on that November day in 1990.
Mandela: Sport changes the world
"Sport has the power to change the world," Nelson Mandela once said -- and the South African prisoner-turned-president also provided perhaps the most eloquent supporting evidence for his claim.
‘Slum-themed’ hotel slammed
Emoya Luxury Hotel in Bloemfontein, South Africa, has been all over the blogosphere in recent weeks. But the exposure might not the type that the "unique accommodation experience" wants.
Mandela: Examining the backlash
A backlash against Mandela started within minutes of the news of his death. He is accused of being a Communist, a terorist and a racist.
Actress inspired by Mandela
Actress Alfre Woodard was an activist and a leading voice against apartheid the first time she met Nelson Mandela.
Mandela: Inspired by Shakespeare
Nelson Mandela quotes flood our social media feeds. But what words inspired the great man himself? A book of Shakespeare smuggled in to prison and disguised in Hindu cards.
How a pop song helped free icon
The anti-apartheid message was serious and heartfelt, but the song that alerted many around the world to the injustices of the South African regime could not have been more upbeat.
Singing and tears greet Mandela’s death
In a symbol befitting a nation in mourning, a dark gray cloud swept over Johannesburg on Friday as news spread that Nelson Mandela is dead.
Car bomb kills Somali lawmaker outside presidential palace
A Somali lawmaker was killed in a car bombing Friday morning near the presidential palace in the country's capital, a separate lawmaker said.
Nelson Mandela’s funeral plans – a day by day breakdown
Nelson Mandela's funeral plans - a day by day breakdown
French troops begin operation in C.A.R.
Months after a coup escalated chaos and violence in the Central African Republic, a French military operation has begun in the capital, Bangui, France's Defense Minister said Friday.
Officials investigating reports U.S. teacher killed in Libya
Officials in the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, tell CNN Thursday that they are looking into news reports that gunmen shot and killed an American chemistry teacher working at an…
Nelson Mandela’s death sparks global response
Word of former South African President Nelson Mandela's death Thursday sparked an outpouring of responses and personal recollections from around the world.
Zuma: ‘Lost our greatest son’
Nelson Mandela -- the iconic world figure who spent decades fighting apartheid and led his native South Africa as its first black president -- died Thursday after years of health…
Nelson Mandela toiled to dismantle entrenched apartheid
In 1948, a new word appeared in the vocabulary of South Africans, destined to symbolize racial oppression the world over.
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