Mozambique’s rhino population was wiped out more than a century ago. Reconstituted several years ago, it has again been driven to extinction.
The iconic hip-hop group has a deal with publisher Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, for an illustrated oral history.
An independent development bank says Zimbabwe’s grain reserves are running dangerously low ahead of new but poor harvests caused by erratic rain.
Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, has died of a heart attack.
Putting a new test to the adage that brevity is the soul of wit, the festival will be played out in 140 characters
(or less) and six-second videos.
At least 185 people in a fishing community have been killed in weekend clashes between Nigeria’s military and Islamic extremists.
A granddaughter of Nelson Mandela has harshly criticised lawyer George Bizos in an escalation of a dispute over funds linked to SA’s former president.
With Oscar Pistorius’s track career on hold pending his murder trial, the seconds and split-seconds athletes hold dear may be slipping away.
Britain’s Iron Lady is being laid to rest with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarising political figure.
The bombs at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded more than 170. Here are the stories of those killed and some of the injured.