JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An inquiry into allegations that South Africa’s Black-led governments interfered with investigations into apartheid-era crimes was postponed on its first day Monday over objections ...

Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 A South African court has ruled that Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli's 1967 death was the result of an "assault" by apartheid ...

A South African court has ruled that Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli's 1967 death was the result of an "assault" by apartheid police, overturning decades of claims that it was an accident. An inquest ...

Johannesburg — South African activist and anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko died almost five decades ago at the age of 30 in police custody. Family members and others who saw his body that day said he ...

Despite South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994, apartheid has quietly entrenched itself within the private sphere. While the responsibility of managing the state lies in public hands, real ...

United Nations member States are formulating their positions on a proposed treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity, ahead of a January 2026 “preparatory committee” meeting that will lay ...

South Africa’s apartheid system, institutionalized from 1948 until the early 1990s, was a policy of racial segregation and discrimination. Christianity played a central role on both sides of this ...

In May 1945, the world marked the end of World War II. This was a pivotal historical moment that reshaped the world order and profoundly influenced the development of international human rights ...

The first group of white South African refugees arrived in the U.S. on Monday to be prioritized for resettlement by order of President Donald Trump — who made an exception as the refugee program ...

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up in 1996 by then president Nelson Mandela, uncovered apartheid-era atrocities including murder and torture. But while some suspects were denied ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his party intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes, ...

In collaboration with Amnesty International, this episode focuses on the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe that the global community seems unable or unwilling to address: the plight of the women of ...