SA's testy relationship with its troubled neighbour is back in the spotlight following an extraordinary court ruling ...

Uganda says it has captured a top commander of the Lord's Resistance Army. Caesar Achellam was paraded in front of re...

Nato air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today (Monday), accusing the w...

Egypt's administrative court has ruled that this month's presidential election should be held on time, overturning a ...

A Kenyan official says a German man is sought for questioning about the activities of an al-Qaeda-linked militia grou...

A Knysna policeman has admitted to knowingly making a false statement in an affidavit implicating six men accused in ...

President Jacob Zuma's controversial nephew, Khulubuse, is on the verge of losing his multimillion-rand business empi...

The SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) says the ANC's proposed amendments to the Protection of State Information Bill...

Uganda's Parliament appears set to pass a law that critics say will make it nearly impossible for activists and oppos...

Reporting on the continent is fraught with factual errors, incomplete analysis and stereotyping, but these problems a...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor's conviction for aiding war crimes in Sierra Leone is a trap for all African...

Zimbabwe will send government ministers this week to hold talks with EU officials over sanctions slapped on President...

About 300 people are still being detained after deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo. Viol...

President Joyce Banda on Thursday sacked Malawi's former first lady from a controversial job, in her latest purging o...

The International Bar Association (IBA) Women Lawyer's Interest Group has awarded Chief Olufolake Solanke, Senior Adv...

A Cape Town photographer has filed papers with an American court, claiming that Sir Elton John plagiarised his song l...

West African leaders slammed the defiance of coup leaders in Mali and Guinea-Bissau as talks opened on the crisis-wra...

The African National Congress knows that the 'great majority' of South Africans do not want to promote or protect the...

The Prevention and Combating of Torture Bill has been approved by the Cabinet, notes a report in ...

The powerful waves of the Atlantic Ocean crash against rusting hulks beached along the coastline just outside Nigeria...