At least 20 people have been killed on Cape Verde’s Fogo Island after a bus carrying primary school children on an excursion veered off a mountain road and plunged 30 metres down a steep ravine.

The monarch of the Zulu nation in South Africa (SA), King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, has publicly voiced his frustration over what he describes as being routinely sidelined from major diplomatic and state ...

A Judge in the American state of Massachusetts has declared a mistrial in the high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother charged with strangling her three young children, after the jury ...

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that the El Niño climate pattern is firmly established in the tropical Pacific and is virtually certain to persist through to February 2027.

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed an African-led resolution calling for a fundamental shift in how world maps represent the continent, seeking to replace centuries of ...

DRC and Israel sign new agreements to strengthen security and trade co-operation The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Israel have taken key steps to solidify their diplomatic footprint following ...

Over 2 000 global leaders to gather in New York for GABI’s Unstoppable Africa 2026 Summit More than 2 000 African and global business executives, investors, and Heads of State are set to gather in New ...

Two sisters have been rescued from an international human trafficking Two South African (SA) sisters, aged nine and 15, have been rescued from an international human trafficking network and returned ...

South Africa (SA) has published a draft national leopard conservation strategy aimed at protecting leopard populations while supporting cultural traditions, local livelihoods and community-led ...

Survivors of South Africa’s (SA) 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and dependants have asked the country’s Gauteng High Court for permission to pursue a class action against the SA government. The application ...

Zimbabwe could create up to 230 000 jobs by 2040 through reforms targeting infrastructure, investment, business regulation and macroeconomic stability, according to the World Bank Group. The Zimbabwe ...

Qaradawi, the son of ⁠late senior Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi, was arrested in Lebanon in December 2024. Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdulrahman Youssef al-Qaradawi was pardoned by United Arab ...