In the past has publicly questioned the connection between HIV and AIDS, minimized the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic and did not support widespread treatment or testing for AIDS. Was expelled from ...

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki looks on during the first Global Anti Apartheid Conference in Sandton last year. (Emmanuel Crosete/AFP/Getty Images) By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Donald G. McNeil ...

South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki fires his second in command — a man once tapped as his successor. Deputy President Jacob Zuma's future had looked shaky ever since his financial advisor was ...