Percy Zvomuya speaks to Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole, who was in South Africa for the Open Book Festival.
As Africa becomes a pawn in geopolitics and global terrorism, it’s time for Africans to stand up and fight their own battles, writes Khaya Dlanga.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has responded to the Nairobi shopping mall attack, saying militants have "defeated our attackers".
Nicholas Kay, UN special representative for Somalia, says troops in the East African country require more resources to combat al-Shabab.
Despite Kenyan officials claiming to be in the final push at Nairobi’s Westgate mall, al-Shabab have said they are "still holding their ground".
The home affairs department says it is probing a report that one of the suspects behind the Westgate mall seige travelled using a forged SA passport.
The al-Shabab Islamist militants have said they are still holding hostages as Kenya’s troops battle for a fourth day to end the bloody siege.
Despite Kenyan government assurances of success on Twitter, another explosion and more gunfire has been heard coming from the mall.
With over 10 suspects arrested and three attackers killed in fighting at the Nairobi complex, Kenyan officials claim troops have won back control.
Friends and family have spoken of their grief at the death of enterprise development specialist James Thomas in the Westgate mall attack in Kenya.
Trade union Cosatu says no cause can justify the murder of innocent people, in its response to the on-going siege in the Kenyan capital.
Most hostages have been freed, claims Interior Minister Ole Lenku, as the army continues its operation to flush out militants from the Nairobi mall.
Social media platforms have been offering messages of hope for those involved in the al-Shabab Westgate mall siege in Kenya.
Kenyan police are investigating claims that the al-Shabab mall attack may have been led by Brit Samantha Lewthwaite, widow of the London 7/7 bomber.
Somalia’s al-Shabab militants have threatened to kill hostages they are holding in a Nairobi shopping mall as Kenyan troops move to end their siege.
An SA man from Cape Town has been killed in the al-Shabab shooting in Kenya, confirmed the department of international relations and co-operation.
Kenya’s special forces are still battling "one or two" Islamist militants holed up inside Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall.
Journalists at Westgate mall in Kenya have said that Sunday afternoon’s explosion was by far the largest in the 30-hour siege.
Kenya’s government suspects about 10 to 15 gunmen are behind the attack at an upmarket mall in Nairobi, which has now claimed 59 lives.