Venezuela’s Juan Guaido takes to streets in military uprising
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaid贸 took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops early Tuesday in a bold and risky attempt to lead a military uprising...
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Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, died in a hospital on Monday after a long illness, her family said Monday. She was 81.
U.S. investigator of ivory, rhino horn trade killed in Kenya
Esmond Bradley Martin, a Kenya-based American conservationist whose dogged investigations of the elephant ivory and rhino horn trades over decades were seen as critical in efforts to protect the threatened...
Zimbabwean minister describes raid during military takeover
Zimbabwe's former finance minister testified Saturday that armed, masked men in uniform abducted him from his home during the military operation leading to the ouster of longtime leader Robert Mugabe...
Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe’s president after 37 years
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who once vowed to rule for life, resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to a week of overwhelming pressure from the military that put him under house arrest,...
Zimbabwe president Mugabe resigns for “smooth transfer of power”
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says he is resigning immediately and voluntarily in order to have a "smooth transfer of power" after 37 years in charge.
Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe defies mounting pressure to leave office
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe defied calls to quit Sunday, saying he will preside over a ruling party congress in December in an announcement that could trigger impeachment proceedings this week...
Zimbabwe鈥檚 Mugabe resigning after 37 years
Robert Mugabe has agreed to end his four-decade reign as the leader of Zimbabwe, according to three people familiar with the situation.
Zimbabweans say Mugabe must quit now, but more talks planned
Giddy with joy and finally free to speak out, vast throngs of demonstrators turned Zimbabwe's capital into a carnival ground on Saturday in a peaceful outpouring of disdain for President...
Mugabe emerges from house arrest amid pressure to exit
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe emerged for the first time Friday from military-imposed house arrest, presiding at a university graduation ceremony in a fragile show of normalcy even as former loyalists...