Here’s what we know about the security situation in Sahel: Over the last decade, the region has been shaken by extremist ...

As torrential rains sweep through Central and West Africa, floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds ...

Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies. Scientists say they believe it's the first evidence ...

Afghanistan has won a one-day international series against South Africa for the first time with a game to spare in Sharjah.

In a region known for hosting some of the earliest evidence of modern humans, DNA analysis was sparse. Until now.

A British businessman, who was a former contractor for South Africa's ailing power utility Eskom, has been extradited from ...

South African petrochemicals company Sasol and state power utility Eskom said on Friday they had agreed to jointly explore ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

South Africa's central bank struck a measured tone after its first rate cut in more than four years on Thursday, saying ...

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon plans to travel to Africa in mid-October in a push by the biggest U.S. lender to expand on the ...

Nearly one million people have been forced to flee their homes after floods devastated towns across western and central ...

Russia is extending its soft power in Africa further with a new fuel pipeline in the Democratic Republic of Congo.