Christopher Torchia

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A mural painted on a suburban wall in Johannesburg, South Africa calls for the halt to rhino poaching, Monday, July 21, 2014. Officials at Kruger park, South Africa's flagship wildlife reserve, are considering a plan to move some rhinos out of the park in an attempt to protect them from poachers. A spokesman said that no decision has been made on the plan adding that the idea would be to "spread the risk" to other reserves because the Kruger park is heavily targeted by poachers, many of whom cross from neighboring Mozambique. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South African park considers rhino evacuation

Christopher Torchia · July 21, 2014 2:16 pm

South Africans remember Mandela on his birthday

Christopher Torchia · July 18, 2014 4:02 pm

FILE - In this Friday, March 17 file photo former South African presidents Nelson Mandela, left, and FW de Klerk, right, with Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, center, at de Klerk's 70th birthday party in Cape Town, South Africa. A new documentary film to be released, focuses on de Klerk who was the country's last white president and who, together with Mandela, plotted the historic transition to a multi-racial democracy, for which they were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 (AP Photo/Obed Zilwa-File)

South Africa: film profiles last apartheid leader

Christopher Torchia · July 17, 2014 2:21 pm

South African plane hits turbulence, 20 injured

South African plane hits turbulence, 20 injured

Christopher Torchia · July 16, 2014 8:47 am

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 8, 2014 file photo Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock in Pretoria, South Africa, at his murder trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on St. Valentine's Day, 2013. In newspaper reports Pistorius has been accused of an aggressive altercation at a Johannesburg nightclub he visited at the weekend. A spokeswoman for the Pistorius family said an argument ensued and the athlete, who is free on bail, soon left the club. He had been seated in a quiet booth in the VIP section, she said in a statement. (AP Photo/Alon Skuy, Pool, File)

Pistorius gets into nightclub argument

Christopher Torchia · July 15, 2014 8:24 pm

FILE - This is a Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006 file photo of Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, of South Africa, as she listens to a question during a news conference on the Guadalajara International Book Fair at Guadalajara's Expo in Mexico. Gordimer died in her sleep in Johannesburg, Sunday July 13, 2014, aged 90. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias, File)

Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate, activist, dies

Christopher Torchia · July 14, 2014 4:11 pm

South Africa denies parole to apartheid killer

South Africa denies parole to apartheid killer

Christopher Torchia · July 10, 2014 11:27 am

South African train collision injures at least 52

South African train collision injures at least 52

Christopher Torchia · July 8, 2014 8:29 pm

Oscar Pistorius arrives at court in Pretoria, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel has challenged the credibility of a physician, Wayne Derman, who testified that the athlete has an anxious nature linked to his disability and could not be objective about the double-amputee runner because he had treated Pistorius over many years and traveled with him extensively. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Pistorius defense team closes case

Christopher Torchia · July 8, 2014 8:23 am

Oscar Pistorius sits in the courtroom during day 37 of his trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Pistorius is a "paradox" whose past triumphs as a sprinter crossing the finish line with raised arms contrasted sharply with the daily, severe limitations that he endured because of his disability, a physician testified Thursday at the runner's murder trial. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, Pool)

Pistorius: Last witness testifies for defense

Christopher Torchia · July 7, 2014 12:08 pm

Oscar Pistorius gestures, as he sits in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, July 3, 2014, at his ongoing murder trial. Pistorius is a "paradox" whose past triumphs as a sprinter crossing the finish line with raised arms contrasted sharply with the daily, severe limitations that he endured because of his disability, a physician testified Thursday at the runner's murder trial. (AP Photo/Herman Verwey, Pool)

Video footage shows Pistorius re-enacting killing

Christopher Torchia · July 6, 2014 5:37 pm

Oscar Pistorius gestures, as he sits in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, July 3, 2014, at his ongoing murder trial. Pistorius is a "paradox" whose past triumphs as a sprinter crossing the finish line with raised arms contrasted sharply with the daily, severe limitations that he endured because of his disability, a physician testified Thursday at the runner's murder trial. (AP Photo/Herman Verwey, Pool)

Prosecutor says Pistorius acted methodically

Christopher Torchia · July 3, 2014 3:16 pm