The new military rulers of Ciskei, one of four nominally independent black "homelands" created by South Africa, declared a state of emergency yesterday in a bid to end looting and rioting that has left nearly 30 dead and more than 500 injured following a weekend coup.

Dissident army officers led by Brig. Oupa Gqozo staged a bloodless coup Sunday that ousted Ciskei's pro-apartheid president-for-life Lennox Sebe while he was abroad. The coup appears to ...

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