Inequality on the continent has grown in the past decade as tax systems have failed to redistribute wealth, says Christian Aid.
Athletics South Africa has appointed a seven-member ad hoc committee to run the sport for the next three months.
Hooded soldiers carrying sniper rifles have unleashed a sweeping crackdown across Mogadishu in a hunt for militants and weapons.
More than 800 of Cope’s Mbhazima Shilowa’s supporters will join the United Democratic Movement, its leader Bantu Holomisa has announced.
South Africa’s biggest fund manager is "in the money already" when it comes to returns on its multibillion-rand investment in Camac Energy.
Uganda’s president has signed a new law imposing harsh penalties on gay people, defying protests from rights groups and Western donors.
The bank has nine months to decide on whether it wants to convert a $285-million loan to the Togo-based Ecobank into an equity holding.
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir has told the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court that he is launching a bail application based on new facts.
Ousted Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovich is being hunted by police for "mass murder" linked to the revolt against his rule.
Survivors of North Korea’s notorious detention camps share their stories of brutality, starvation and witnessing frequent executions.