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Jimmy Carter’s African legacy: peacemaker, negotiator and defender of rights

by Nancy Mitchell, North Carolina State University When historians and pundits praise Jimmy Carter’s achievements as the US president and extol his exemplary post-presidential years,...

How apartheid, European racism and Pelé helped cultivate a culture of diversity in US soccer that endures into the MLS

by John M Sloop, Vanderbilt University North America’s most diverse professional league kicks off on Feb. 25, 2023, as Major League Soccer returns after a...

What the Jan. 6 committee could learn from the failures of truth commissions to bring justice and accountability

The U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol resumes on Sept. 28, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images by Rachel E....

Prosecuting a president is divisive and sometimes destabilizing – here’s why many countries do it anyway

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland addresses the FBI’s recent search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, where classified information was reportedly seized. Drew Angerer/Getty...

Foreign companies exiting Russia echo the pressure campaign against South Africa’s racist apartheid system

by Stephen Bagwell, University of Missouri-St. Louis and Meridith LaVelle, University of Georgia McDonald’s provided many Russians with their first taste of capitalism three decades...

Burying the past and building the future in post-apartheid South Africa

by Alma Diamond, New York University With the recent deaths in 2021 of South African Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu on Dec. 26 and Frederik Willem...

South Africa: early data suggest Omicron more transmissible but less severe

South Africa is reporting a spike in COVID-19 cases. EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images by Harsha Somaroo, University of the Witwatersrand Gauteng is the smallest of South...

Number of child brides to soar in Africa, say rights groups

JOHANNESBURG (AP) _ The 14-year-old girl had just arrived home from school when her family told her to swap her school uniform for traditional...

Nelson Mandela’s grandson charged with raping 15-year-old girl

*Nelson Mandela’s 24-year-old grandson, Mbuso Mandela, has been charged with raping a 15-year-old girl at a restaurant in Johannesburg. Media reports say the victim was...

South African musical dramatizes police shooting of strikers

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africans sing and dance when they mourn, which is why a musical is a fitting way to commemorate...

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