"People are being lifted out of poverty, incomes are up, the middle class is growing and young people like you are harnessing technology."
Chenjerai Hove, a leading Zimbabwean writer and outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe, has died in Norway where he was living in exile.
Riek Machar, leader of South Sudan’s rebels, warned the country’s civil war would continue as long as President Salva Kiir remained in power.
Oil prices recovered after Iran nuclear talks extended until July 7, despite uncertainty over the Greek financial crisis, analysts said.
Pop star Katy Perry is among top earners, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao on the Forbes list of The World’s Highest-Paid Superstars Of 2015.
Facebook has opened its first African office in Johannesburg as part of its efforts "to help people and businesses connect" on the continent.
A gunman opened fire and killed nine people at a historic black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, in what police say is a "hate crime".
Africa is at the centre of many corporate growth strategies and its economy has grown nearly three percentage points faster than global GDP.
US media reports say the FBI has a new focus on Fifa supremo Sepp Blatter, but many are already asking who the next chief of Fifa will be.
The US Justice Department has laid conspiracy and corruption charges against nine Fifa officials and five business executives in a bribery probe.
A genetically modified herpes virus succeeded in fighting skin cancer by infecting and destroying cancer cells and triggering an immune response.
Rafael Marques, who exposed government corruption in a book he published in 2011, was initially to have defamation charges against him dropped.
Eight candidates are vying to become the next head of the strategic African Development Bank as the continent undergoes an economic transformation.
Nigeria’s new ruling party has slammed Goodluck Jonathan for crippling the nation by not addressing vital issues.
Presidents in talks with Pierre Nkurunziza condemned the coup as Godefroid Niyombare ordered Bujumbura airport closed to stop the president returning.
A court has temporarily halted the deportation of 200 migrants, detained after a raid on a church, amid claims of "state-sponsored" xenophobia.
The "Fight of the Century" may not have lived up to the hype, but it still raked in the cash like never before.
Three schoolgirls who were rescued from Boko Haram are now offering comfort and hope for other hostages recently freed from the militant group.
The table-topping Wellington Hurricanes put their unbeaten run on the line against the defending Super 15 champions NSW Waratahs.
Goading from dominant Mercedes turned into a scarlet-faced affair as Vettel took his first win for Ferrari, but will the rivalry continue in Shanghai?
Scattered books and dark blood stains on the floor – the bodies have been collected but an abattoir-like stench permeates the Kenyan university.
Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria’s presidential poll by 2.57-million votes, in the country’s first election win by the opposition.
A consequence of the Ebola epidemic is a steep drop in measles vaccinations as overburdened hospitals are unable to keep up.
Bangladesh will have to play fearless cricket to reproduce their shock 2007 World Cup win over India to knock them out in the quarter-final.
Sam Sumana was expelled from the governing All People’s Congress party for what is described as "his anti-party activities".
Kumar Sangakkara has said ahead of his one-day retirement that he loves chasing records, setting two more in his World Cup game against Scotland.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu collapsed on the podium while presiding over a Women’s Day celebration in Lusaka over the weekend.
The award for Contemporary Issue has been withdrawn on the accusation that the photographer staged the shoot.
Samsung, LG and HTC unveiled their high-end smartphones at the world’s biggest mobile fair, in the hopes of challenging Apple.
Copenhagen police said they had shot dead a man who opened fire on officers hours after two people were killed and five wounded in twin shootings.
A gunman killed three students in Chapel Hill before turning himself in, but the police are keeping mum about his motive.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party has called the EU’s lifting of a travel ban on President Robert Mugabe "inconsequential".