Southern Africa

Namibian President Hage Geingob has showered Zimbabwe’s long-time leader Robert Mugabe with praises as he described him as an African icon, says a report.According...

South African President Jacob Zuma has signed the anti-money laundering bill FICA, which allows increased scrutiny of the bank accounts of "prominent individuals", including...

The fall armyworm - which decimates fields as it marches ever forward - has spread to Angola as the caterpillar eats its way through...

Two white South African farmers were arrested on suspicion of murdering a black boy in a farming community in North West province, police said...

Namibia ranks 24th globally out of 180 countries, according to the just released 2017 World Press Freedom Index. The rankings by Reporters Without Borders...

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has signed a decree setting August 23 as the date for general elections, state radio reported on Wednesday.Dos...

Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema on Wednesday was denied bail after his lawyers made a request before a court. He is however due to...

Police in Cape Town in South Africa have announced that the search for the Ghanaian United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) associate director who went missing...

The South African government has suffered a setback in expanding its nuclear power station after a Western Cape High court ruled that a pre-agreement...

A primitive type of human, once thought to be up to three million years old, actually lived much more recently, a study suggests. The remains...