Africa

Marble Hall (South Africa): Almost 40 years after the first human test-tube baby was born, South African scientists have produced something bulkier: the...

Johannesburg: South African police fired stun grenades and teargas on Wednesday to disperse students marching near a Johannesburg university to protest...

Kinshasa: At least two people were killed when armed men in uniform torched the headquarters of the main opposition party in Democratic Republic of Congo on...

Johannesburg: South African police fired stun grenades and arrested 31 students in clashes at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand on Tuesday,...

Kinshsha: At least 17 people including three policemen were killed when Congolese police and anti-government protesters clashed in the capital Kinshasa on...

MOGADISHU: A Somali general and at least seven of his bodyguards were killed on Sunday when their vehicle was rammed by a car bomb driven by an Al Shabaab...

London: The number of South Sudanese who have fled their conflict-ridden homeland for a neighbouring country passed one million this week following renewed...

Harare: Zimbabwe's government said it had dropped plans to cut public sector jobs and bonuses less than a week after they were announced, as activists...

Paris: Gabon's re-elected President Ali Bongo shrugged off international calls for a recount of last week's disputed vote, saying it was a matter...

Salaga (Ghana): The leader of Ghana's main opposition party, Nana Akufo-Addo, climbed from his car, picked up a microphone and made a bold election...