South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

South Africa's energy regulator on Thursday granted state power utility Eskom an average tariff increase of 12.7% for 2025/26 ...

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement dates back to the late 1990s. It first joined the UN's peacekeeping mission, ...

Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called ...

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported metagenomes from several African sites. The paper, titled "Expanding the human ...

The US withdrawal from the WHO will have a severe impact on HIV, polio and many other health programmes on the African ...

A tourist was killed by an elephant on Saturday in South Africa's famous Kruger Park, the South African national parks agency ...

In response to a new wave of American insularity, European policymakers should pursue rapprochement with Africa.

The daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, will be charged for her alleged ...

Regional tensions spiral as peacekeepers killed in fighting following Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group offensive ...

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by ...

A new Government of National Unity (GNU) has been in place since June 2024, which the markets have welcomed. The GNU faces difficult challenges: declining GDP per capita, high unemployment, poverty ...