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Corruption is a reality: ANC
HARARE - The chair of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has told an inquir...
Sex for jobs at African Union exposed
ADDIS ABABA - Sexual harassment is a problem for women who work at the African Union Commission, ...
Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia’s first female president
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's firs...
Zimbabwe complicates US policy with SADC-leaked Cables
GABERONE - It has emerged that the US embassy in Gaborone has tried to organise a troika, a tripa...
eSwatini goes to the polls
Mbabane - The African kingdom of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, has gone to the polls tha...
$16m seized from Equatorial Guinea leader’s son
Authorities in Brazil have seized more than $16m (£12m) worth of cash and luxury watches from a d...
87 elephants killed in Botswana
GABERONE - The carcasses of 87 elephants have been found near a wildlife sanctuary in Botswana, i...
Africa should be wary of Chinese debt
BEIJING - African countries have shown a healthy appetite for Chinese loans but some experts now ...
Theresa May on Africa visit – pledges investment boost after Brexit
CAPE TOWN - Theresa May has announced plans to boost Britain's investment in Africa after Brexit,...
‘Don’t bury Annan in Switzerland’
ACCRA - The Central Regional chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is ...
Zuma corruption claims: South Africa state capture inquiry opens
PRETORIA - A public inquiry in South Africa has started investigating alleged corruption by ex-Pr...
DRC: New Ebola deaths confirmed, dozens believed infected
KINSHASA - Ebola is suspected to have caused as many as 33 deaths during the latest outbreak of t...
Boko Haram fighters who abducted Chibok girls captured
NIGERIA - Nigerian police have arrested eight members of the armed group Boko Haram who were invo...
Zuma’s son charged with corruption, granted bail
JOHANNESBURG - Duduzane Zuma, the son of former South African President Jacob Zuma, has been rele...
Heroin becomes Mozambique’s second biggest export
MAPUTO - As many as 40 tonnes of heroin could be passing through Mozambique every year, making it...
Democracy activists challenge Swaziland name change
MBABANE - A pro-democracy activist in Swaziland has challenged the king's decision to change the ...
Night in Mandela’s prison cell auctioned
JOHANNESBURG - An auction is being held in South Africa for the opportunity to spend a night in N...
‘Dead’ woman found alive in hospital morgue fridge in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a ...
Uganda introduces social media tax
KAMPALA - Millions of people in Uganda now have to pay to use popular social media platforms such...
DRC countdown toward end of latest Ebola outbreak begins
KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry says the countdown toward the end of it...
DRC’s Kabila attacked by MP’s
KINSHASA - Dozens of legislators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have attacked Presiden...
Nelson Mandela Foundation urged to withdraw Barak Obama invitation
JOHANNESBURG - Pressure has been building on the Nelson Mandela Foundation to withdraw an invitat...
Malema wades further into race debate
JOHANNESBURG - Firebrand EFF leader Julius Malema has lashed out at the way Africans are perceive...
Malema says South Africa’s white people are safe under his rule
PRETORIA - EFF leader Julius Malema has warned of an "unled revolution" in South Africa, as black...
Shock over mysterious deaths of ancient trees
International scientists have discovered that most of the oldest and largest African baobab trees...