SOUTH AFRICA

High costs at South African platinum mine companies mean that supplies will be limited in the near future.

Scientists have found vast aquifers of freshwater underneath the ocean floor, but getting to them will be a challenge.

Just one day after Nelson Mandela's death, Rick Santorum publicly compares South Africa’s brutally repressive apartheid policy to Obamacare.

Mandela helped a nation heal apartheid wounds. He also jump-started the country’s post-sanctions economy.

In spreading a phony quote about Nelson Mandela, Twitter user @DeletedTweets inadvertently proved the powerful allure of the almighty screenshot.

Should gold miners bet on gold price upswings in the face of rising production costs, or instead protect themselves from volatility?

Mandela had a long association with Indians and Indian people stretching back to his early days as an anti-apartheid activist.

Nelson Mandela is remembered by Chinese politicians and dissenters, but for slightly different reasons.

Before turning into an icon of national reconciliation, Nelson Mandela trained to wage war, in Ethiopia -- and left a deep legacy there.

Russian's frigid Bashkortostan state -- site of the upcoming BRICS summit -- is rich in oil and attractive to investment, but for one thing (besides the cold): the threat of Islamic fundamentalism.

Nelson Mandela's death evokes memories and reflections for an expatriate South African.

Machel’s political ideologies were deeply influenced by her experience during her school years in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo.

A group of scientists has identified regions below the ocean where it might be safe to inject carbon dioxide under the Earth's crust.

Political and public figures around the world have expressed grief over the loss of Nelson Mandela.

A look at the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela and controversial "Mother of the Nation."

After Nelson Mandela died on Thursday, some Internet users shared Morgan Freeman's picture instead of the anti-apartheid hero's.

Remember Nelson Mandela with four of his most powerful speeches, in words and in video.

In a speech about Nelson Mandela, Obama spoke about how the South African leader inspired him personally.

Nelson Mandela passed away on Thursday at the age of 95.

Mandela proposed to Amina Cachalia, an Indian anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist, soon after he divorced Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

South Africa's Nelson Mandela, former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has died at the age of 95.