Africa

HARARE - The chair of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has told an inquir...

ADDIS ABABA - Sexual harassment is a problem for women who work at the African Union Commission, ...

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's firs...

GABERONE - It has emerged that the US embassy in Gaborone has tried to organise a troika, a tripa...

Mbabane - The African kingdom of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, has gone to the polls tha...

Authorities in Brazil have seized more than $16m (£12m) worth of cash and luxury watches from a d...

GABERONE - The carcasses of 87 elephants have been found near a wildlife sanctuary in Botswana, i...

BEIJING - African countries have shown a healthy appetite for Chinese loans but some experts now ...

CAPE TOWN - Theresa May has announced plans to boost Britain's investment in Africa after Brexit,...

ACCRA - The Central Regional chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is ...

PRETORIA - A public inquiry in South Africa has started investigating alleged corruption by ex-Pr...

KINSHASA - Ebola is suspected to have caused as many as 33 deaths during the latest outbreak of t...

NIGERIA - Nigerian police have arrested eight members of the armed group Boko Haram who were invo...

JOHANNESBURG - Duduzane Zuma, the son of former South African President Jacob Zuma, has been rele...

MAPUTO - As many as 40 tonnes of heroin could be passing through Mozambique every year, making it...

MBABANE - A pro-democracy activist in Swaziland has challenged the king's decision to change the ...

JOHANNESBURG - An auction is being held in South Africa for the opportunity to spend a night in N...

JOHANNESBURG - A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a ...

KAMPALA - Millions of people in Uganda now have to pay to use popular social media platforms such...

KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry says the countdown toward the end of it...

KINSHASA - Dozens of legislators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have attacked Presiden...

JOHANNESBURG - Pressure has been building on the Nelson Mandela Foundation to withdraw an invitat...

JOHANNESBURG - Firebrand EFF leader Julius Malema has lashed out at the way Africans are perceive...

PRETORIA - EFF leader Julius Malema has warned of an "unled revolution" in South Africa, as black...

International scientists have discovered that most of the oldest and largest African baobab trees...