A string of first-round flops by African teams on home turf threatened to muzzle the buzz of the vuvuzela on Wednesday.

As the World Cup kicks off Friday in Johannesburg, Danny Jordaan will be forgiven a smile to himself from his front-row seat.

World leaders began arriving at the United Nations climate summit on Tuesday, seeking to give a shot in the arm to the floundering talks.

Robert Mugabe, a largely unwelcome guest of the European Union at a summit this weekend, is a hero in the eyes of many Africans for daring to stand up to the West and seize land…

For years it was regarded as a backwater and the poor relation to its southern neighbour, but the spiralling crisis in Zimbabwe has led to a massive upsurge in Zambia’s tourism…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon conceded on Monday he may have to call fresh elections to end divisions over his Gaza pull-out plan as pressure for a referendum mounted…