Sudan’s security services have suspended the country’s two biggest newspapers to punish them for reporting on army operations, say editors.
The woman who gave two bloodied knifemen a stern talking to has been hailed as a hero for embodying the "spirit of London".
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has arrived in court to be questioned by a French magistrate over her role in a €285-million arbitration payment.
An attack in which a man, presumed to be a soldier, was "beheaded" in a London street has been described by police as a possible terror attack.
Although the rand has plummeted to a near four-year low, market experts say it is not likely to drop further ahead of anticipated inflation data.
Anglo American Platinum will begin the formal process to cut 6 000 mining jobs at the end of this week, the company has said.
Britain’s world number two Andy Murray has pulled out of the French Open after failing to recover from a a lower back injury.
Maria Alyokhina, who was jailed over a protest against Vladimir Putin says she is starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing.
Knocked by a strong dollar and dogged by outflows from exchange-traded funds, gold has fallen for the eighth of nine sessions.
Police in Uganda’s capital have shut down the country’s leading independent newspaper after it published an incriminating letter about the president.