Africa

Johannesburg: A South African teenager has found debris which will be sent to Australia for testing as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a...

Mogadhishu: Militants in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, set off a vehicle packed with explosives next to a cafe near a police building on Wednesday, killing...

Mogadhishu: Somali hardline group Al Shabaab confirmed on Tuesday that the United States had bombed an area it controlled but said the US figure of more...

Washington: The United States has carried out an air strike in Somalia, killing more than 150 fighters with the Al Qaeda-linked extremist group Al Shebaab,...

Cotonou: Benin held an election on Sunday to choose a successor to President Thomas Boni Yayi who is stepping down after two terms, leaving 33 candidates to...

N'djamena: Defence ministers from West Africa's arid Sahel region have agreed to work together to establish special rapid reaction forces to counter...

Harare: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says his successor must be chosen democratically and that his wife will not automatically inherit the role, a...

Harare: Zimbabwe's former vice president Joice Mujuru launched a new party to challenge her ally-turned-adversary Robert Mugabe, promising to revive the...

Nairobi: Two lions were spotted close to a highway in the Kenyan capital on Monday, the second time this month that lions have strayed from a wildlife...

Mogadishu: Somalia's Al Shebaab extremist group bombed a busy junction and a nearby restaurant on Sunday in the town of Baidoa, killing at least 17...