Almost 200 people were killed in a failed uprising in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kisangani in mid-May, says United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson.
Eleven alarming national reports on coastal erosion in Africa will be tabled for discussion at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Tuesday announced plans to launch a new Africa digital satellite channel in October to broadcast news to Africa and the world.
While Zimbabwe’s white farmers waited nervously last week to be thrown off their land, an unexpected court ruling appeared to save many of them by invalidating hundreds of eviction orders.
The UN’s highest judicial body ruled on Thursday in favour of Cameroon in a border dispute with Nigeria, giving it possession of an oil-rich peninsula in the Gulf of Guinea.
African states that withdrew their armies from the Democratic Republic of Congo set up criminal cartels in their place to continue plundering its natural wealth, an expert panel said on Monday.
SPOORNET chief executive Zandile Jakavula is in hot water after buying an exclusive riverfront property on the cheap, at a fraction of its value – and then having Spoornet officials renovate it, initially using public money.
MILLIONS of rands are at risk after municipal treasurers got embroiled in illegal investments involving former apartheid agent Joe Verster .
Eighteen passengers burnt to death on Sunday when the bus they were travelling in hit a stray cow, overturned and burst into flames in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.
A former employee of the Noupoort Christian Care Centre, Richard Andrew Erridge (52) has been found guilty on two charges of assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm.