Three Lesotho nationals were charged with murder and attempted murder when they appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court in South Africa on Thursday. They are some...
Police in Kenya said they detained hundreds of people and fired tear gas on Thursday as families of those killed in anti-government protests two years ago...
A British Airways pilot has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison after travelling across England to rape a 12-year-old girl he contacted through...
A United Nations commission of inquiry has accused Israeli authorities and security forces of deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, concluding that the actions amount to...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to allow states to have their own police forces, paving the way for a major reform that would...
Protesters in Nairobi ran for cover on Thursday as shots rang out and Kenyan police deployed tear gas against them. Police had previously shut down key...
South Africa advanced to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time with a 1-0 victory over South Korea on Wednesday night. Thapelo...
Zimbabwe’s Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved controversial constitutional amendments that would keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa in office until 2030, giving the changes full parliamentary support after...
The global risk “remains low” from a deadly Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization chief said Wednesday, after...
Sexual violence has being used “consistently as a tactic and weapon of war” since the conflict in Sudan erupted three years ago, according to a new...