In April 1994, the country held its first all-race, democratic elections. See how the Guardian reported events ...

Winning over the state will be paramount for BHP or any other would-be bidders. Anglo’s board said it was considering the ...

A woman pulls a trolley with recyclable material past veld fires outside South Africa's main city, Johannesburg, on Monday. A ...

Torrential downpours have submerged homes and farms in Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi, and more rain is expected.

The departure of U.S. military personnel in Chad and Niger comes as both countries are turning away from years of cooperation ...

It enjoys another major advantage: a level playing field. South Africa is renowned for the strength of its democracy.

When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is ...

Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East ...

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launched large-scale malaria vaccine programmes on Thursday under an Africa-focused ...

Tanzania's prime minister says flooding caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 ...

South Africa's central bank and government launched a deposit insurance fund on Thursday that will protect individual ...

Europe's biggest hotel group Accor reported an 8% rise in first quarter revenue on Thursday, with the Middle-East, Africa and ...