African leaders began talks on insecurity in the Sahel region at the first African Union meeting convened by Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi.

Nigeria has begun the new year under a state of emergency in areas targeted by terror attacks as soldiers flood the streets of violence-hit cities.

The cassava roots the Nigerian farmer pointed to might have made Charles Darwin smile — and may turn out to be part of the solution to hunger.

Militants in the Niger Delta have threatened a fresh wave of potentially crippling attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry.

South African government plans to halve poverty and unemployment by 2014 appeared increasingly at risk on Tuesday as official statistics confirmed fears of a downturn in economic…

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may have dealt a fatal blow to Pretoria’s "quiet diplomacy" by calling an election in the middle of mediation efforts by his South African…

The leaders of emerging powerhouses South Africa, India and Brazil will meet in Pretoria this week to bolster trade and energy ties as well as flex their collective muscle on…