Southern Africa

An ANC backbencher branded South African President Jacob Zuma a disgrace on Tuesday, adding one of his own MPs to the long list of...

South Africa's human settlements minister Lindiwe Sisulu accepted the nomination of some African National Congress (ANC) branches to lead the ruling party, she told...

The son-in-law of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Thursday that a Congolese court had sentenced him in absentia to one year...

Zimbabwean opposition parties have reportedly accused President Robert Mugabe, 93, of "running the country from a hospital bed after the nonagenarian flew out of the...

Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for a "routine medical check-up", state media reported on Sunday."President Mugabe on Friday left the country for Singapore...

A Zimbabwean woman, 29, allegedly suffocated her new born twins in a plastic bag, placed them inside a 20 litre bucket of water, before...

The Police hierarchy in Zimbabwe is to investigate some of its officers alleged to have brutalized a bus conductor in central Harare.The bus conductor...

Eight people - including seven children - have died in a stampede ahead of a football match in Malawi, police say. Dozens more were injured...

Zambian President Edgar Lungu declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after a series of apparent arson attacks, in a move likely to trigger...

Seven people died in a high-rise apartment block fire in Johannesburg on Wednesday including a man who jumped to his death to escape the...