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Obama, Bush heading to the same African city

YoopyaJul 1, 2013August 10, 20240

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush are planning to be in the same city a world

In South Africa, Obama pays tribute to ailing Mandela, but tries to focus on economic message

YoopyaJun 29, 2013August 10, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Paying tribute to his personal hero, President Barack Obama met privately Saturday with Nelson Mandela’s family as the world anxiously awaited news

South Africa: Family visits critically ill Mandela

YoopyaJun 28, 2013August 4, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Members of Nelson Mandela’s family as well as South African Cabinet ministers have visited the hospital where the 94-year-old former president is

South Africa’s Pistorius back on track for ‘low-key’ training

YoopyaJun 28, 2013August 4, 20240

(Reuters) – South African Paralympic and Olympic athletics star Oscar Pistorius has returned to the track for “low-key” training, just weeks before he is due

South Africa waits after Mandela’s condition worsens

YoopyaJun 27, 2013April 9, 20230

(Reuters) – South Africans prepared on Thursday to say farewell to ailing anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela after his condition deteriorated further in hospital, forcing President

South African archbishop prays for Mandela

YoopyaJun 26, 2013August 11, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African archbishop who visited Nelson Mandela in a hospital has offered a prayer in which he wishes for a “peaceful,

South Africa: Mandela still in critical condition

YoopyaJun 24, 2013August 4, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela’s condition in a Pretoria hospital remained critical for a second straight day Monday, said South Africa’s president who described the

South Africa’s Nelson Mandela spends 6th day in hospital following report of health progress

YoopyaJun 13, 2013August 18, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is spending a sixth day in the hospital. There was no immediate update on his health

South Africa: Mandela remains in hospital

YoopyaJun 10, 2013August 4, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is spending a third day in a hospital where the former president is being treated for a recurring lung infection.

South Africa: Mandela taken to hospital

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in “serious but stable” condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for