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Then African National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela casts his vote April 27, 1994 near Durban, South Africa, in the country's first all-race elections. South Africans celebrate "Freedom Day" every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic elections in 1994 that announced the official end of the racial segregation and oppression of apartheid. (AP Photo/John Parkin. File)

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South Africa remembers an historic election every April 27. Here's why this year is so poignant
By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press
Sat,04/27/24-12:05AM , 63 Reads
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of the racial segregation and oppre
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A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.

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Bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. An 8-year-old is the only survivor
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Thu,03/28/24-5:40PM , 94 Reads
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.
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This undated handout photo shows a mouse feeding on the head of a wandering albatross chick on Marion Island, South Africa. Mice that were brought by mistake to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years ago are breeding out of control because of climate change, eating seabirds and causing major harm in a special nature reserve with “unique biodiversity.” Now conservationists are planning a mass extermination using helicopters and hundreds of tons of rodent poison. (Stefan and Janine Schoombie via AP)

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A warming island's mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned
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Sat,03/16/24-12:03AM , 125 Reads
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mice accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years ago are breeding out of control because of climate change, and they are eating seabirds and causing major harm in a special nature reserve with “unique biodiversity.”
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Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces near Kibumba, some 20 kms ( 12 miles) North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Oct. 29, 2022. Eastern Congo has been beset by conflict for years, with M23 one of more than 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich area near the border with Rwanda (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

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What's happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis
By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press
Mon,02/19/24-10:39AM , 123 Reads
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned
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