Serena Williams has insisted winning wasn’t her main priority in the Australian Open and having fun was more important.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has urged fans to remain behind the team as the faltering English champions seek to pull out of a tailspin.
Experienced Belgian motorbike rider Eric Palanta has died while competing in the Dakar Rally – the third fatality of this year’s race.
The UN refugee agency has warned that Israel could be in breach of international law due to its policy of indefinite detention for asylum seekers.
Michel Djotodia, the rebel-turned-president of the Central African Republic, has quit his position as the country slides further into violence.
Swept to power as the previous CAR regime crumbled, Michel Djotodia now stands accused less than a year later of letting his country slide into chaos.
Debutants Nigeria appear the strongest of the 16 contenders for the African Nations Championship, which kicks off in Cape Town this weekend.
An American student has filed a lawsuit against the CIA to unearth the exact level of the agency’s complicity in the 1962 arrest of Nelson Mandela.
In efforts to stem the violence in the Central African Republic, Rwanda says it will send some 800 troops to the country.
President Jacob Zuma has vowed that the ANC will rule South Africa "forever" as the country gears up for elections expected within months.