Spokesperson for King Zwelithini says no comment will be given on the matter of charges laid against the king until they receive a call from the ICC.
A rights group has asked the ICC to investigate King Zwelithini’s comments about foreigners – and accuses SA police of being complicit or negligent.
SA condemns the withdrawing of envoys by Nigeria and says it did not blame Nigeria for poorly handling the aftermath of the church collapse in 2014.
Nigeria says it is summoning the South African ambassador to express its concern over the attacks on fellow Africans and to protest against it.
SA has closed its consulate in Nigeria following anti-xenophobia protests as social media continues to perpetuate the tense situation in the country.
Readers write in on free university education, Nigeria and Benedict Daswa.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has criticised world leaders for failing to help free 219 schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram fighters.
Nigerian money seized by SA officials is under investigation, but there is a plan for it designed to please the country’s new president.
South Africa has many attributes that make it a worthy representative of Africa on the world stage, but is set to lose its first place.
Nigeria votes today in a closely fought election after a campaign dominated by a slowing economy and a war against Islamist Boko Haram militants.
Nigeria’s military continues to hold two Al Jazeera journalists who have been detained for close to a week.
Thousands of people marched in Cameroon’s capital to protest against Boko Haram’s insurgency and support the Cameroon army’s fight on the ground.
Cameroon says its army has detained 1 000 people suspected of having links to Boko Haram, after it killed 86 of the group’s militants.
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.
A total of 109 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by soldiers responding to attacks on two towns in Niger near the border with Nigeria.
Chad has deployed 2 500 troops as part of a regional effort to take on the militant group, and the army says it has killed more than 200 insurgents.
The strict law prohibits gay marriage, but 18-year-old Faruk Maiduguri told reporters that he and his friends were only celebrating his birthday.
Just after midnight on Sunday suspected Boko Haram militants began attacking Maiduguri. The militants began the attack in the Njimtilo area.
Boko Haram takes responsibility for the attack on Baga, and warns Nigeria and its neighbours that they will not stop, saying Baga was "not much".
Africa Check looks at the facts and figures of what has been called the deadliest attack by Boko Haram in Baga, Nigeria.
The world is accused of "double-mindedness" when it comes to the crisis in the northeast.
The M&G’s Africa editor, Teldah Mawarie, will be hosting a live Google Hangout at 12pm today on the situation in Nigeria.
Boko Haram has taken over the town of Askira just days after a violent attack on the town of Baga, forcing residents to flee.
Survivors of the Boko Haram massacre that took place around the town of Baga, Nigeria, describe the militants slaughtering some people "like insects".
The killings at ‘Charlie Hebdo’ trumped the deaths in Baga because the Western world doesn’t know how to make sense of Africa, writes Verashni Pillay.
There have been calls for the world to support those affected by Boko Haram in Nigeria, as they supported France after the attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo’.
Twenty three people were killed in two suicide bombing attacks in Nigeria over the weekend, while the country prepares for elections in February.
Hundreds of bodies are left in a bush in Nigeria from a Boko Haram attack, killing mostly children, women and elderly people.
In a kidnapping similar to that of 200 girls taken from their school by Boko Haram, more than 100 people have been taken into a forest in Nigeria.
Fifty four Nigerian soldiers have been sentenced to death after refusing to report for duty in an operation against Boko Haram.
The government denies the Mail & Guardian’s findings of bartering by Minister Radebe, but editor Angela Quintal underlines that the paper has proof.
Jeff Radebe’s bid to grease a dodgy Nigerian weapons deal has raised questions about the return of bodies from the collapsed TB Joshua church.