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AFP, Published on 30/04/2021
» ERMELO (SOUTH AFRICA) - Darkness enveloped a disused mine in South Africa's Mpumalanga province as a pick-up truck left the site's entrance and drove off into the night, loaded with coal.
AFP, Published on 17/03/2021
» YANGON: Plumes of smoke rose above a part of Myanmar's biggest city that has turned into a battle zone, with burning barricades and security forces firing at unarmed anti-coup protesters to enforce martial law on Wednesday.
AFP, Published on 09/02/2021
» YANGON: Anti-coup protesters defied warnings from Myanmar's generals and rallied Tuesday for a fourth straight day, after the military imposed a ban on gatherings at flashpoint sites.
AFP, Published on 15/08/2019
» JOHANNESBURG - Four years ago, South African fashion designer Innocent Molefe, 38, was diagnosed with tuberculosis. A year ago, it developed into multi-drug resistant strain requiring painful injections and heaps of pills.
AFP, Published on 26/06/2019
» EMALAHLENI (SOUTH AFRICA) - Tumelo has again lost several days at school because of sickness.
AFP, Published on 01/07/2016
» HLAING THAR YAR, MYANMAR - Enticed by work in China, hundreds of poor young Myanmar women are instead being forced into marriage, and left to scramble to get back across remote borders before they are compelled into life with husbands they have never met.
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» KAWHMU (MYANMAR) - Aung San Suu Kyi took to the streets of Myanmar Sunday to pick up rubbish, a rare public appearance since her election triumph in a move aimed at highlighting her party's commitment to public service.
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» YANGON - When hundreds of election observers fan out across Myanmar for Sunday's landmark poll, their boss Ko Sai will be relishing a very personal milestone -- his first chance to vote in a ballot that could reshape the political landscape after decades of military dominance.
AFP, Published on 19/04/2015
» PRETORIA - South Africa on Sunday vowed to hunt down those behind a wave of attacks targeting immigrants, saying 307 people had been arrested over violence that has left at least seven people dead.
AFP, Published on 08/12/2013
» South Africans of all races and religions united in an outpouring of prayer and song for their beloved Nelson Mandela on Sunday, hearing calls to keep his dream of a Rainbow Nation alive.