Africa

Johannesburg: In his first public appearance since investigators documented signs of government corruption, South African President Jacob Zuma told...

Geneva: Famine may be looming in South Sudan, where people are fleeing fighting and leaving their crops to rot in the fields, the World Food Programme (WFP)...

Nairobi: Hardline rebels have intensified their attacks in Somalia, detonating larger, more sophisticated devices, bringing in more foreign expertise and...

Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma and some ministers may have breached the government’s code of ethics in their dealings with the Gupta...

Johannesburg: The foundation set up to guard the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela on Tuesday blamed South Africa's President Jacob Zuma for the...

Pretoria: South Africa's state prosecutor dropped fraud charges on Monday against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, executing a U-turn in a case that has...

Bamako: The leader of the militant group Ansar Dine has agreed to cease attacks in Mali that have killed dozens of civilians, soldiers and UN peacekeepers...

Abidjan: Voters in Ivory Coast cast their ballots in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to approve a new constitution that President Alassane Ouattara...

Bangui: Clashes between militia groups in the Central African Republic have killed 25 people including six gendarmes caught in an ambush, the UN...

Maiduguri (Nigeria): Two suicide bombers killed at least eight people on Saturday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a...