Africa

South Sudan”s President Salva Kiir  South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said on Friday he had pardoned two senior government officials and promised to release other political prisoners, as his rule …

 At least 38 people have been killed by Cyclone Enawo that struck Madagascar this week, according to an official of the country’s disaster management department. “The damage is enormous wherever …

War-ravaged South Sudan has hiked work permit fees 100-fold for foreign aid workers to $10,000, officials said, despite suffering from famine. The world’s youngest nation has been mired in civil …

South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of the late Nelson Mandela, has been admitted to hospital for observation, a statement from her family said on Thursday. “Mrs Mandela …

South African police search a building where alleged foreign drug dealers hide in Pretoria CREDIT: AFP/GETTY IMAGES A gang disguised as policemen pulled off a brazen heist at Johannesburg’s international …

The entrance of the ICC is seen in The Hague South Africa on Tuesday formally revoked its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court after its High Court blocked the government’s …

Internally displaced Somali children eat boiled rice outside their family’s makeshift shelter at the Al-cadaala camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu March 6, 2017. REUTERS photo Somali mothers are facing an …

A rescue worker labels bags containing dead bodies of migrants who were washed up on a beach near the city of Zawiya, Libya February 20, 2017. Picture taken February 20, …

Zimbabwean junior doctors on Sunday called off a three-week strike saying the government had partially met their demands, a day before a one-day walk out by other public sector workers. …

Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhoea resulting from a drought, the prime minister said on Saturday, as the area …