Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case, involving a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the past seven...
South African police have confirmed the discovery of a ninth woman’s body in two months, as concern grows over a series of unexplained deaths east of...
Congolese authorities have quarantined a passenger boat on the Congo River while health officials screen everyone on board for Ebola and cholera after five people linked...
Police have been deployed across South Africa amid concerns that anti-immigration protests could turn violent, as President Cyril Ramaphosa urged demonstrators to reject intimidation and violence....
South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim, whose music helped shape a distinctive South African jazz sound and became closely associated with the struggle against apartheid, has...
Police in South Africa have launched a major manhunt after 12 people were killed and nine others wounded in a mass shooting at an informal settlement...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has cancelled its planned pre-World Cup training camp in Kinshasa because of the worsening Ebola outbreak in the eastern part...
The World Health Organization has warned that Ebola infections and deaths linked to the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected to...
Mali has been hit by a wave of coordinated attacks after explosions and sustained gunfire were reported in the capital, Bamako, as well as several northern...
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of firearm-related offences, marking a significant development in...