Food had become scarce, medical supplies were running out, and gasoline was being rationed. When heavily armed troops last week encircled government buildings in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, the ...

WASHINGTON — A sweeping Pentagon review of elite U.S. commando missions is likely to result in a sharp cut in Special Operations forces in Africa, military officials said. The review is an outgrowth ...

As scenes of terrorist carnage unfolded in Vienna and Rome, a spasm of racial violence shattered seasonal hopes of peace and goodwill across South Africa. For the country’s whites, all signs appeared ...