Connect to share and comment
Home » Regions » Africa

South Africa: Jacob Zuma fights off challenger at ANC conference

Car bomb strikes Somali capital

Somalia's Al-Shabab offers $8K reward for killing Kenyan forces: officials

Sudan detains main opposition leader after week of protests: report

Social media blasphemy cases went up four-fold in 2012: rights group

Nelson Mandela receiving treatment for lung infection

Mali's prime minister, arrested by military, resigns along with entire cabinet

Magic mushrooms inspired Mayan end-of-world prognosis: British academic

Ghana elections: US urges voters to accept results

Nelson Mandela spending a 3rd day in hospital for 'further tests'

Somali troops capture Al Shabaab-controlled town of Jowhar

South Sudanese army shoots, kills 10 protesters in Wau

Nelson Mandela 'comfortable' after night in Pretoria hospital

In Middle East, HIV infection rates are rising

Sports photos of the week to December 3

Nelson Mandela hospitalized for medical tests

To save Congo, US and Britain must stop Rwandan and Ugandan support of militia gangs

Spanking, drunk driving and women’s land rights

Voters head to the polls in close Ghana election (UPDATES)

Military plane crash in South Africa's Drakensberg mountains kills 11

World's worst disasters 2012, fires to floods to famine (VIDEO)

World's worst disasters 2012, fires to floods to famine

Al Shabaab attacks convoy carrying Somali ministers and security officials

South Africa deploys high-tech airplane to stop rhino poachers

Eritrea's national soccer team disappears, believed defected

Why Eastern Congo will continue to bleed from misrule

Congo rebels and government will hold peace talks

A cure for AIDS: fact or fiction?

Congo rebellion decoded: Three questions with Tristan McConnell

In Africa, lots of good news in the fight against AIDS

China supplying Africa with guns

Q & A: Small arms not a black-and-white issue

South African schools with 'inappropriate' names face change

South Korean sailors freed by Somali pirates after 19 months

Congo M23 rebels withdraw from Goma

Secret files show Kenya massacre cover-up

@AFridayIn Joburg: a night on the town

Q & A: Brief history of a long conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Congo plane crash kills 20

UK stops £21 million aid payment to Rwanda

Villagers in Nigeria strike gold

Nigeria's gold rush kills hundreds of children

UN extends arms embargo on Congo rebels

South African government 'unlawfully' delayed Dalai Lama visa decision, court rules

Congo M23 rebels say they are withdrawing from Goma

Tunisia clashes injure more than 150

Indian Ocean plane crash: All 29 passengers survive

Upheaval in the Congo

In Congo conflict, there are no good guys

Nigeria: Boko Haram suspected in attack on police HQ

Nigeria: Two car bombs hit church in military barracks

China vs. US: Who’s better for Africa?

Congo summit: African leaders gather to urge a halt to violence

Vulture fund NML Capital's profit quest could push Argentina to default

Uganda drops death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality' from anti-gay bill

Congo: In rebel push, civilians displaced

Simone Gbagbo arrest warrant issued by International Criminal Court

Rebels take Goma, vow 'liberation' of DR Congo (PHOTOS)

In Africa, obesity is the new starvation

DR Congo: M23 rebels begin 'liberation' march on Kinshasa

Farraj al-Dursi, Benghazi police chief, assassinated

M23 rebels take Goma in eastern DR Congo, defeating UN peacekeepers

Congo rebellion threatens regional war

'Africa for Norway' spoof charity single satirizes African stereotypes (VIDEO)

South African 'hitman' Xolile Mngeni guilty of Anni Dewani honeymoon murder

Nigeria army denies executing Boko Haram captives

A Dangerous Job: Fighting against female genital mutilation in Liberia

Press in Peril: A Liberian reporter fights to write truth about female genital mutilation

How a goat and a handshake could save Somalia

Kenya grenade kills as many as 7

Mountain gorilla population rising in Uganda, WWF says

Sierra Leone elections: Voters cast their ballots

After massacre of police, army moves into northern Kenya

Fighting neglected tropical diseases in Africa

South Africa: Man swallows 220 diamonds in smuggling attempt

Obama defends UN Ambassador Susan Rice, rumored to be Secretary of State front-runner

Petraeus will testify on Benghazi

Zimbabwe’s stolen diamonds

Uganda set to pass anti-gay bill

South African art heist: Police recover paintings stolen from Pretoria Art Museum

South African art heist: Thieves steal $2m worth of paintings from Pretoria Art Museum

African leaders prepare for north Mali assault with over 3000-strong force

New Archbishop of Canterbury faces same old problems

Ghana mall collapse: Death toll rises to 18 as city council official detained

Can the world beat polio?

Twins named after Obama and Romney in Kenya

Genitals in wallet discovery gets South Africa man arrested

South Africa: Linkin Park fan killed in Cape Town concert accident

Obama wins: View from Kenya

Somalia: Car bomb explodes next to parliament in Mogadishu