Nearly a week after southern Africa was hit by one the worst natural disasters in decades, it was all rescue workers could do to try to reach the flooding victims.
Author: NORIMITSU ONISHI
Flooding From Cyclone Idai Made an ‘Inland Ocean,’ Stalling Rescues
Aid agencies said the huge storm that swept across Mozambique and into Malawi and Zimbabwe was the worst natural disaster in southern Africa in two decades.
Mozambique Cyclone Rescuers Struggle to Reach Victims in ‘Inland Ocean’
Aid agencies called the devastation from Cyclone Idai the worst natural disaster in southern Africa in two decades.
South Africa Politician Arrested in Killing of Whistle-Blower
A high-ranking leader of South Africa’s African National Congress was arrested in the killing of an anticorruption whistle-blower.
White Farmers Are Jailed in South Africa for Killing Black Teenager
The men, who were convicted of throwing a 15-year-old boy off a moving truck, received sentences of 18 and 23 years. A judge called their actions “appalling.”
Bribes Like ‘Monopoly Money’ Were Given to South Africa’s Leaders, Panel Hears
A former executive at a logistics company delivered explosive testimony about corruption inside the African National Congress, South Africa’s governing party.