A 1908 photo features Oscar Rynders with his staff and newsboys at Gifford & Rynders Illinois News Co. in Alton.

On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison. (Mandela would be ...

Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who became Namibia's founding president after leading the country to independence from ...

Sam Nujoma, the fiery, white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and ...

Sam Nujoma, Namibia's first democratically elected president and "founding father," has died aged 95. President Nangolo ...