Perceptions about corruption in SA remain worrying, with another poor score in the Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Kenya’s president has removed the country’s interior minister and police chief, hours after Somalia’s Shebab rebels carried out a fresh massacre.
Swapo’s Hage Geingob swept to victory in Namibia’s recent presidential elections but internal divisions within the ruling party still haunt him.
Playwright and artist Brett Bailey shared this post on Facebook about this past weekend’s protests against Exhibit B, currently showing in Paris.
A former leader of Zimbabwe’s war veterans has been charged with "insulting" the president by claiming he planned to replace his deputy with his wife.
Egypt’s public prosecutor is appealing the dropping of a murder charge against ex-president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters.
Police are investigating a case of assault after what appears to be a racially-motivated attack on a petrol attendant by a group of bikers.
The Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany says it is pleased to be part of a "light-house" project for science in Africa.
Lawyers for Chris Hani’s killer, Clive Derby-Lewis, have revealed he has only months to live during a high court application for his release.
Werner Groenewald, the South African aid worker killed in Afghanistan, tried to protect his children from the gunmen after he was shot in the leg.