A Nation at a Crossroads The mid-1970s in Africa were a period of immense political tension and armed conflict, particul ...

The book A Far-Away War: Angola 1975 - 1989, about the war waged by apartheid South Africa against its neighbour, has attracted the attention of historians and those who fought in it.. More than a ...

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When evading capture in the South African bush, grassy juice from an impala's stomach quenches thirst. Noisy hippos mean water is nearby, as does sighting an African fish eagle.

President George H.W. Bush greets Somali children applauding him during a visit to an orphanage in famine-ravaged Baidoa on Jan. 1, 1993. (Jerome Delay/AP) One of the late president George H.W ...