At least 30 people were killed and 83 injured Thursday as fierce fighting continued between government forces backed by African Union peacekeeping troops and Islamist insurgents in the Somalian...

The future of the Irish peace mission to Chad is hanging in the balance after the President there said there was no longer a need for peacekeepers there. It had been expected that Irish troops would...

Roy Puffett, owner of Port Elizabeth-based aviation, rail and marine company Sheltam, led the Rift Valley Railways (RVR) consortium that was awarded the 25-year concession in October 2005 to revamp...

Tracking the wounded elephant to its death bed was easy for the ranger. Hit by a poison arrow, the huge mammal could only drag its hind leg, creating a wide gash across the bush.Poachers' footprints...

Johannesburg - South Africa's ruling African National Congress on Friday again refused to condemn its leaders for resurrecting historical songs that glorify violence against whites, after the...

A U.N. food agency said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a report found that up to half the food aid intended for the nation's hungry...

The wife of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor - on trial in The Hague for war crimes - has had a baby girl, his family spokesman says.Sando Johnson told the BBC that Victoria Taylor would soon...

A South African sex worker has gone to court, saying she was unfairly sacked by a Cape Town massage parlour.Known as Kylie, she was dismissed for choosing her clients and spending time with her...

Rangers defender Madjid Bougherra has reiterated his desire to remain at the club after starring for Algeria in this summer's World Cup finals."I'm happy. Everybody asks me but I've two years...

(Reuters) - The United States has intensified its criticism of Eritrea, saying the Red Sea state systematically abuses human rights and is a destabilising influence in the Horn of...

(Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma said the African National Congress would not silence the outspoken leader of the ruling party's youth wing despite his controversial policy demands and...

(Reuters) - Egyptian businessman and former politician Rami Lakah, who left for Europe in 2001, returned to Cairo on Thursday after agreeing to settle debts owed to banks, state newspapers said on...

Kano, Nigeria - An overnight fire razed northern Nigeria's largest textile market, consuming goods valued at billions of naira and some cash, traders said on Friday. Firefighters were battling on...

Deep divisions between South Africa's ruling ANC and its labour and communist allies are threatening a decades-old alliance as rival factions battle for power and influence to shape policy. The...

In this photo taken Tuesday, March 9, 2010, a Kenya Wildlife Ranger patrols for poachers in the Tsavo East national park, Kenya. Beginning this weekend, the international community will debate...

NEW DELHI: India's economic ties with Africa are set for a major surge at a two-day business conclave starting Monday, in which 400 political and business leaders from 34 African countries will sit...

Johannesburg — THE telecoms and broadcasting regulator has issued a discussion document aimed at implementing a regulatory framework for internet protocol television (IPTV). IPTV is television...

Johannesburg — LIFE assurance and wealth management group Sanlam lifted normalised headline earnings 133% to 218,9c per share in the year to December 31 after a stronger second half...

Johannesburg — IMPERIAL Holdings, the transport and logistics group, said yesterday it had paid R160m for a strategic stake in fleet-management and vehicle-tracking company MiX Telematics. Tak...

Johannesburg — THE head of Vodafone, the world's largest cellphone group by revenue, said yesterday that he would not lose sleep if Bharti Airtel succeeded in buying the African assets of...

Kigali — Following the departure late last year of the former CEO of Rwandair, Ambassador Gerald Zirimwabagabo, it is reported that the airline is currently undergoing a 'clean-up process'. ...

Karongi — Prime Minister Bernard Makuza has tipped the Western Province to emerge as one of East Africa's exemplary economic success stories in the next few years. Makuza was addressing the...

Coincidentally, an IMF staff research paper this week found that an undervalued currency was better for growth than an overvalued one, so though Strauss-Kahn was quoted earlier in the week warning of...

The Zimbabwe government has accused diamond giant De Beers of looting gems from the controversial Chiadzwa mining fields over a period of 15 years without declaring the proceeds to the state. ...

Johannesburg — AFRICAN countries such as SA must have clean and transparent tender processes that offer equal opportunity to all bidders, a senior visiting US trade official said yesterday. ...

Growing oil company Engen plans to take over the assets of its rival, BP, in the countries from which BP is pulling out. BP announced last week that it will be pulling out of five southern African...

In this photo taken Tuesday, March 9, 2010, Elephants use their trunks to smell for possible danger in the Tsavo East national park, Kenya. Beginning this weekend, the international community will...

slipped down the rankings as a global gold producer last year, with output falling 5.8% on the year to 204,922.8 kilograms, the country's Chamber of Mines said...

TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK, Kenya (AP) - Tracking the wounded elephant to its death bed was easy for the ranger. Hit by a poison arrow, the huge mammal could only drag its hind leg, creating a wide...

Drogba scored five goals as Ivory Coast qualified for the 2010 World Cup and scored for Chelsea in the FA Cup final. Chelsea team-mate and Michael Essien and Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o were...

John Nyashanu; Zimbabwe Efforts are underway in Zimbabwe to bring higher education back on track after a decade on the downward trend. Government today initiated a partnership program, calling on...

Danish headquartered mineral processing goroup, FLSmidth, has received a contract from Angolan Fabrica De Cimento Do Kwanza-Sul S.A. (FCKS) for operation and maintenance of their 4,200 tonnes per day...

A former Kent teacher travelling around the African continent on a motorbike has survived an encounter with armed bandits on the Kenya/Tanzania border.Spencer Conway, 42, from Biddenden, set off on...

(Reuters) - South Africa is still waiting for a 2.9 billion rand repayment from European planemaker Airbus, which has not acknowledged a cancelled deal, a minister said on...

(Reuters) - South Africa expects the United States to abstain from voting on its disputed loan application of $3.75 billion from the World Bank, on which a decision is likely in early April, a...

March 12, 2010By Zane Henry I promise: this is the last bit of serious, hand-wringing pontification on the state of the arts in my column for a while. Next week I'll write about Lulu Xingwana's...

Sudan government leaders in international law, security and other affairs of state as the region prepares for a 2011 independence referendum, university officials said. The first 16 Southern Sudanese...

Abuja — Former Head of Interim National Government (ING), Chief Ernest Shonekan has said that the recurring violence in Jos in Plateau State was more economic in nature than the ethnic and...

Johannesburg — COAL mining and exploration company Optimum Coal yesterday announced plans to list on the JSE at the end of the month. It expects to raise about R1,6bn in the initial public...