Senior members of South Africa's ANC party were set to hold an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss whether Jacob Zuma should stay in

Nigeria's top judge handling corruption cases against public officials has himself been charged with bribery, court papers showed

All 955 gold miners who were trapped underground for more than a day in South Africa following a power cut resurfaced unharmed, and are greeted by overjoyed relatives waiting at the site.

Kenya's High Court ordered authorities to allow three major broadcasters to temporarily resume service yesterday, after they were

A Kenyan high court suspends a government shutdown of three private TV channels that was prompted by their coverage of opposition leader Raila Odinga's self-proclaimed presidential inauguration on Tuesday, one of the channels reported on its twitter feed.

Fighting between gangs at a prison in Brazil's northeastern Ceara state left 10 dead early Monday. The bloodshed took

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers killed 12 people and injured 48 others in an attack on Wednesday on the northeastern Nigerian

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday called on prosecutors to act urgently in pursuit of a firm owned by friends

Cuts in food rations for 1.5 million refugees in east Africa, due to funding shortages, could increase school dropouts, crime and malnutrition, a United Nations official says. With humanitarian needs soaring around the world, donors are prioritising crises in Syria, Yemen and Bangladesh.

Tunisian authorities said yesterday the number of people detained in a wave of violent protests had risen to nearly 800, as fresh

Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 20 loggers, militia members and residents told AFP yesterday, in the latest attack against

A third night of unrest has shaken Tunisia where authorities said yesterday more than 600 people have been arrested this week as

More than 200 people have been arrested and dozens of police hurt during clashes in Tunisia, the interior ministry says, as anger over austerity measures spilt over into unrest.

Zimbabwean anti-corruption investigators said Monday they are probing whether former first lady Grace Mugabe fraudulently obtained a

The new leader of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday called for unity as

A passenger train smashed into a truck at a level crossing in South Africa yesterday, killing at least 14 people, injuring 180 and throwing

Five Kenyan policemen were killed in an attack on their vehicle in the northeast county of Mandera near the border with

Fourteen worshippers were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque on Nigeria's border with

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video message yesterday claiming a series of attacks in northeast

Thirty-six people were killed and 11 injured early yesterday morning in a head-on collision between a bus and a lorry on a road in