Johannesburg: Angered by foot-dragging by an insurance company in paying out for a burial policy, a family in South Africa took matters into...
Johannesburg: Angered by foot-dragging by an insurance company in paying out for a burial policy, a family in South Africa took matters into...
JOHANNESBURG: Strike-hit South African Airways (SAA) said on Thursday it would suspend all flights between Johannesburg and Hong Kong from Nov. 23 up...
FILABUSI, Zimbabwe: Under the blazing sun, a group of men use picks and shovels to dig up a bushy patch of land outside...
THE HAGUE: Greta Thunberg, a young activist who has gone from staging school strikes to scolding world leaders about their climate change inaction,...
Hawassa, Ethiopia, Polls opened on Wednesday in Ethiopia's ethnic Sidama region in a referendum for a new federal state, a critical vote in...
Kano, Nigeria: Gunmen riding camels and horses killed six people in a village in northeast Nigeria, a region beset by Islamist attacks, police...
DAKAR: Data analyst Fabrice Sonzahi enrolled in a course on artificial intelligence (AI) in Dakar, hoping to help struggling farmers improve crop yields...
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: As worsening drought slashes the country’s hydropower production, creating lengthy power cuts, Zimbabwe’s industries are beginning to turn to solar panels...
Ouagadougou: The Burkina Faso army said on Sunday it had killed 32 "terrorists" in two operations in the north of the country after...
Ouagadougou: The Burkina Faso army said on Sunday it had killed 32 "terrorists" in two operations in the north of the country after...
Harare: Zimbabwe is banning the installation of new electric water heaters in a bid to save power, energy regulations published on Wednesday showed,...
JOHANNESBURG: Researchers and city officials are racing to understand the extent of a beetle infestation damaging trees across South Africa that, if left...
Zimbabwean wildlife authorities will relocate as many as 600 elephants and other game from the drought-stricken south of the country in one of...
YAOUNDE: With her award-winning online blood bank, Cameroonian nurse-turned-entrepreneur Melissa Bime won international fame and funding but faced one major problem: working in...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso's president vowed Thursday that security forces will hunt down "terrorists and all their accomplices," a day after at...
Bissau: A West African trade bloc has given Guinea-Bissau's "illegal government" named by President Jose Mario Vaz a 48-hour ultimatum to resign or...
Kampala: Uganda will begin refurbishing its century-old rail network this month to boost bulk cargo transportation, after failing to secure $2.2 billion in...
Lagos: Nigerian police have released 259 people held captive at an Islamic rehabilitation centre in the southwestern city of Ibadan, a police spokesman...
