Christopher Torchia

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FILE : In this Saturday, Oct. 18, file photo a burial team in protective gear bury the body of a woman suspected to have died from Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia. The disease has ravaged a small part of Africa, but the international image of the whole continent is increasingly under siege, reinforcing some old stereotypes. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh, File)

Ebola: Africa’s image takes a hit

Christopher Torchia · October 19, 2014 4:46 pm

Healthcare workers prepare medicines for Patients at an Ebola treatment centre in Hastings, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Some doctors in countries hit hardest by the deadly Ebola disease decline to operate on pregnant women for fear the virus could spread. Governments face calls from frightened citizens to bar travel to and from the afflicted region. Meanwhile, the stakes get higher as more people get sick, highlighting a tricky balance between protecting people and preserving their rights in a global crisis. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)

Ebola crisis puts pressure on human rights

Christopher Torchia · October 15, 2014 9:11 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 file photo Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock in court in Pretoria, South Africa, where Judge Thokozile Masipa found Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius faces sentencing this week (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)

Oscar Pistorius faces sentencing this week

Christopher Torchia · October 12, 2014 3:33 pm

A protester holds a placard with a portrait of the late Anni Dewani that reads "You cannot hide from SA (South Africa) law" outside the Cape Town, South Africa, high court, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. as the trial of British businessman and murder accused Shrien Dewani continued for a second day. Dewani is charged with orchestrating the murder of his wife, Anni, while the newly-married couple were on honeymoon in South Africa in 2010. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

South Africa hosts second sensational murder trial

Christopher Torchia · October 10, 2014 11:20 am

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks to a crowd during an event marking 25 years since the leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

National Security

Nobel laureates cancel South Africa meeting

Christopher Torchia · October 2, 2014 4:09 pm

Cross-dressing South African satirist, Pieter-Dirk Uys, speaks to journalists as Evita Bezuidenhout, at Johannesburg's Market Theatre, Tuesday Sept. 30, 2014, where he is launching a four-week run of "Adapt or Fly", a one-man show in which he sends up political figures of the past and present. Uys will play signature character Evita Bezuidenhout, a flamboyant white woman from the Afrikaner minority and stalwart of the apartheid era. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

At 69, satirist keeps South Africa laughing

Christopher Torchia · September 30, 2014 3:14 pm

South Africa: Alleged poaching ringleader held

South Africa: Alleged poaching ringleader held

Christopher Torchia · September 29, 2014 3:44 pm

FILE- In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, Michael Chilufya Sata, President of Zambia, speaks during the general debate of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters. New York City Police say that Sata has been taken to a hospital in New York City. Currently, there are no other details about his condition. (AP Photo/Justin Lane, Pool, File)

Concerns grow over Zambian president’s health

Christopher Torchia · September 26, 2014 2:21 pm

Several Nobel peace winners boycott South Africa

Several Nobel peace winners boycott South Africa

Christopher Torchia · September 25, 2014 11:40 am

In this handout photo supplied by the Mountain Club of SA Search and Rescue and taken Sunday Sept. 21, 2014 a helicopter is loaded with a stretcher carrying Tsenolo Shadrack Rasello from The Kloof, a tourist destination near Johannesburg in Rustenburg South Africa. South African rescue workers recently performed surgery on the side of a cliff, amputating the leg of Rasello, whose foot was jammed between rocks in a drama reminiscent of the ordeal of Aron Ralston, the American climber who cut off his own arm to escape from a remote Utah canyon. Rasello used his cellular telephone, setting off a tense and complex rescue operation that included several helicopters and more than 100 people. (AP Photo/Mountain Club of SA Search and Rescue ) MANDATORY CREDIT

South Africa: Rescuers amputate leg to save man

Christopher Torchia · September 24, 2014 5:02 pm

South Africa makes nuclear deal with Russia

South Africa makes nuclear deal with Russia

Christopher Torchia · September 23, 2014 3:48 pm

Death toll rises in Nigeria building collapse

Christopher Torchia · September 22, 2014 2:50 pm