LRA rebels are killing elephants for ivory to raise cash as an international hunt for their leader intensifies, say diplomats and activists.
A YouTube video of a golden eagle swooping down and lifting a toddler off the ground in Montreal could soar to internet stardom.
Australia will formally apologise for the forced adoption of tens of thousands of babies born mostly to unmarried mothers between the 1950s and 1970s.
Six South Africans have been named among an 18-man strong referee team for the 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby competition.
The International Criminal Court’s acquittal of a Congolese militia leader on war crimes charges has sparked a storm of criticism.
Vietnamese authorities have stopped a blogger from flying to the United States to pick up a human rights award on behalf of his father and sister.
A report that ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa would decline his nomination was the result of "unsavoury" sources, the Star newspaper has said.
ANC provincial chairs have met to ensure their allies would dominate the 80-member national executive committee.
The M&G caught up with Melinda Gates while she visited Lilongwe, Malawi to see how a family planning campaign in the country was going.
The ANC has downplayed Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s decision not to run for a position on the ruling party’s national executive committee.