Ireland’s Jason Smyth has staked his claim to challenge Oscar Pistorius as king of the track at the Paralympics
Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked Shabab militants put on show the bodies of four "enemy" soldiers killed in combat in Kismayo, in southern Somalia.
A television channel chief and presenter has denied calling for the murder of President Mohamed Morsi during his trial on incitement charges in Cairo.
In a letter to President Jacob Zuma, lawyers Maluleke, Msimang and Associates have questioned how the miners could be charged with the murders.
One of the best lyricists to come out of the movement, culture and industry known as Hip Hop, Talib Kweli is in the country.
Electoral officials on Saturday were tallying the ballots in Angola’s third polls since independence, with the first results expected late in the day.
Congo said it wants the UN peacekeeping force to "neutralise" a new rebel movement and a force that helped perpetrate Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
Pragyan Ojha took his third five-wicket haul as New Zealand were bowled out for 365 in their first innings of the second and final test against India.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he had used this week’s trip to push for human rights and transparency from Tehran over its nuclear programme.
The presidency has been unable to confirm whether President Jacob Zuma has received a letter demanding the release of 270 arrested Marikana miners.