SOUTH AFRICA

Not unlike Sovietologists in decades past, military analysts will be looking at Moscow's massive Victory Day parade to observe what Russia is up to.

South Africa has dealt with rising anti-immigrant sentiment in recent months.

Guy Carawan, who made "We Shall Overcome" famous, died Saturday. He was 87.

The Nigerian army also destroyed seven additional terrorist camps in Sambisa Forest on Tuesday, where they seized and destroyed weapons.

Reports from women released by Boko Haram show the group may be weakening, but experts say this isn't the end.

Soofi, 34, was purportedly one of two men who opened fire at a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas.

The landmark ruling applied only to Robin Stransham-Ford's case, but it could set a precedent in South Africa.

Health officials fear diphtheria may resurge in South Africa as it has in other parts of the world over the past decade.

ABC refuted a CBS News article saying the former president's plane had to make an emergency landing in Tanzania Wednesday.

The xenophobic attacks in South Africa have targeted foreigners living in the country. Three South Africans were among the dead.

“The apartheid legacy has made us all sick," President Jacob Zuma said. "We have to address the underlying causes of violence and tension."

Xenophobic violence has killed seven people in the past month.

The alert urged Chinese citizens visiting South Africa to "exercise caution" and "avoid protests and large gatherings of people."

Soldiers from the South African National Defense Force are expected to arrive in the township of Alexandra in Johannesburg by 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The Nigerian government will start evacuating citizens from Durban, Johannesburg and other hot spots in South Africa where xenophobic violence has spread.

Some in the crowd addressed by Jacob Zuma say his response to a spate of xenophobic attacks in the country came too late.

South African authorities request their counterparts across the continent help in defeating the "demon" of xenophobia.

Xenophobic violence in KwaZulu-Natal province prompts reactions in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Kenya as well.

A border post separating South Africa and Mozambique was closed Friday after a group of Mozambicans barricaded the area.

Malawi, Nigeria and Kenya are calling for the evacuation of their nationals amid continuing attacks in the city of Durban.

Many Africans were using cell phones to make payments long before it was cool in Europe and North America.