A new study warns of the potential problems Africa faces from rising temperatures. The Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) says the continent must learn to adapt to shorter growing seasons. The report was released as the...

South Africa, the biggest corn producer on the continent, will probably cut its forecast for this season’s harvest of the grain, a Bloomberg survey showed. The government may say farmers will reap 12.9 million metric tons of corn in the season that...

A man has been charged with the murder of honeymoon bride Anni Dewani in South Africa, police said last night. Anni, 28, and millionaire husband Shrien, 30, were attacked by armed carjackers on the outskirts of Cape Town on Saturday night. Read more:...

South Africa’s public sector unions rejected a new pay offer from the government on Wednesday to end a three-week strike but asked for more time to consult their 1.3 million members in Africa’s biggest economy. The majority of unions under...

The Hawks are investigating circumstances surrounding the uncut diamonds a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund received from model Naomi Campbell. “Yes, an investigation has been launched to determine what the story around these...

South Africa’s president says six of the country’s traditional monarchies are being abolished. The country’s 13 black ethnic kingships were used to muster support for white-led rule in the apartheid era before democratic elections in...

South African wildlife experts are calling for urgent action against poachers after the last female rhinoceros in a popular game reserve near Johannesburg bled to death after having its horn hacked off. Wildlife officials say poaching for the prized...

The South African government says it is taking measures to address threats of violence against foreigners. Civic groups say hundreds of people have fled the country in recent days fearing a repetition of the xenophobic violence of two years ago. South...

Scores of people died and hundreds more were injured in a rail disaster in Congo-Brazzaville, officials said on Tuesday, as the government announced three days of national mourning. Sixty bodies had been taken to the local morgue, according to a member...

South African President Jacob Zuma is in India on his first state visit to Asia since he took office in May last year. The two countries want to boost their trade and investment ties. India’s trade with South Africa - one of Africa’s...