Authentic African News » Deaths (Obituaries)
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Moussa Traore, Longtime President of Mali, Is Dead at 83
He seized power in a military coup in 1968 and ruled for 22 years, before being overthrown in another coup. -
George Bizos, Anti-Apartheid Lawyer Who Defended Mandela, Dies at 92
A champion of human rights, he represented his client and friend in the so-called Rivonia trial of leaders of the African National Congress in the 1960s.