He was the only white defendant to be convicted alongside Nelson Mandela and others in 1964 for resisting apartheid. He spent 22 years in prison.
Author: ALAN COWELL
Sol Kerzner, South African Casino Tycoon, Is Dead at 84
His Sun City resort let black and white people mingle in the apartheid era, but some saw it as an emblem of all that was wrong with that racial system.
Mugabe’s Reign Began With Bob Marley and Good Schools. Despotism Soon Followed.
Robert Mugabe transformed from a hero of Africa’s liberation — and a self-proclaimed champion of universal suffrage — into a tyrant. Our writer was there at the start.
Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95
Until 2017, he was the only leader his country had known since independence in 1980. He presided over its long decline.
In Hammarskjold’s Native Sweden, Hint of State Secrets Linked to His 1961 Death
A prominent Swedish researcher examining the mystery of the United Nations Secretary General’s 1961 plane crash has been denied access to some government archives.
D-Day in Photos: Heroes of a More Certain Time
As the number of surviving veterans dwindles, the old pillars of trans-Atlantic certainty have begun to tremble.
D-Day in Photos: Heroes of a More Certain Time
As the number of surviving veterans dwindles, the old pillars of trans-Atlantic certainty have begun to tremble.
Rwanda Marks 25 Years Since the Genocide. The Country Is Still Grappling With Its Legacy.
As world leaders have expressed regret over failing to stop the massacre of as many as one million people in Rwanda, its president, Paul Kagame, has entrenched his power and punished dissent.
Shehu Shagari, Former Nigerian President, Dies at 93
Mr. Shagari sought to revive democratic rule, but military officers deposed him during a 1983 economic crisis caused by plummeting oil prices.
U.K. Panel Finds ‘Litany of Errors’ in Response to Terrorist Attacks
The parliamentary report contained an unusual admission by MI5 that it had failed to track a suspect and concluded that the security services needed to coordinate more.