Many are still haunted by the aborted legacy of DR Congo’s first prime minister, who was murdered on January 17, 1961. Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal ...
January 17, 2025 • In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.
South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...