A likely absolute majority for President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's Pastef party in Senegal's legislative election would empower him to pursue his ambitious 25-year agenda, though his first challenge ...

Reuben Brigety, the US ambassador to South Africa, said he will resign effective January 10 in line with procedure after ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa described the Stilfontein mine as a “crime scene”, on Monday, as he called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff at the disused mine shaft, where illegal miners are holed ...

Poverty, unemployment and inequality will top South Africa's G20 presidency agenda. The Group of Twenty (G20) is an ...

After nearly six decades of BDP rule, the triumphant UDC government has the tough task of restoring sound governance.

South Africa's rand gained on Monday, as markets welcomed rating agency S&P's decision to raise the country's credit rating ...

Britain will seek backing from other United Nations Security Council members on Monday for its demand that Sudan's warring parties stop hostilities and allow deliveries of aid, the British foreign ...

Gabonese voters approved a new constitution by a landslide 91.8%, the interior minister said on Sunday, after a referendum that the junta in power promised would be a steppingstone to democratic rule.

The rare earths recovery project, which is underway in South Africa’s Limpopo province, is seen as one of the world’s most ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a new Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) as part of the seventh ...

Nigeria's inflation rate rose for the second straight month in October, advancing to 33.88% in annual terms from 32.70% in ...

Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South ...