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Comedian Loyiso Madinga delivers politics with a punchline in his segments for the Africa version of the Comedy Central program.

The racism Gandhi encountered in South Africa helped spark a lifetime of activism. Historian Ramachandra Guha says without that experience, "he would never have become a political animal."

DJ Betto Arcos spins soulful songs from a prison in Malawi, dance music from Congo and more.

Over the last two years, Gaia Calcaterra has learned how to run a global nonprofit from South Florida.

In South Africa, a seismic moment comes as the ruling African National Congress party loses its absolute majority for the first time.

The African National Congress, long South Africa's ruling party, seems to be losing some of its grip on the nation. And there's a new political star rising on the national stage.

Russia's foreign minister and France's president are visiting this week along with visits by U.S. officials in what some say is the most intense competition for influence there since the Cold War.

The nation with the worst HIV epidemic on the planet is finally turning the corner on the disease. South Africa is simplifying AIDS care and giving antiviral drugs to nearly 2 million people every day.

A rescue operation is underway to bring up the miners who are still alive after a two-month standoff in South Africa between police and illegal miners. They'll recover the bodies of those who died.

An 8-year-old child is only survivor. The passengers were headed to an Easter festival before the bus plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames.