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The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in landmark election
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWith more than 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40% in Wednesday's...
Monday Briefing
New York Times· 1 day agoSouth Africa rejects the party that ended apartheid.
Modi’s Most Controversial Comments—On Gandhi, Gaza And His Birth—As He Seeks 3rd Term
Forbes· 3 days agoModi appeared to blame this purported lack of global awareness about Gandhi on previous governments...
Stevie Wonder’s Ghanaian citizenship reflects long-standing links between African Americans and the...
The Conversation· 4 days agoThere’s a long history of African Americans settling in Ghana or keeping in close contact with the first African country to gain independence. This relationship has most recently ...
Jacob Zuma Gets His Revenge on South African Party That Shunned Him
New York Times· 16 hours agoA new party led by Mr. Zuma, a former president forced out over corruption allegations, helped...
Today in History: June 2, Elizabeth II becomes queen of England - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoIn 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at age 27 at a ceremony in London’s Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.
Nobody knew Gandhi before Oscar-winning biopic, says Narendra Modi
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMr Modi’s decade in power has seen the steady erosion of India’s founding principles of secularism...
Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, dies at 86
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBarack Obama and Marian Robinson arrive on June 30, 2013 for a tour of Robben Island where where South-African anti-apartheid activist Nelson< ...
Early results in South Africa's election put ruling ANC below 50% and short of a majority
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 5 days agoThe final results of a vote that could bring the biggest political shift in South Africa's young democracy were expected to take days, with the independent electoral commission ...
South Africa's ANC Party Loses Its Majority in Election
Time Magazine· 3 days agoWith more than 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40% in Wednesday's...