The public prosecutor blames lax security, but a government spokesman suspects it was pre-planned.

The 32 precious items are on loan for at least three years after being taken from the Asante people.

At least 250  000 women and girls were raped by Hutu extremists during the genocide targeting the Tutsi minority, according to the UN

Some 3.4 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian help in Chad following the arrival of large numbers of Sudanese refugees fleeing war, a French NGO warned Wednesday.

A protracted lithium mining dispute between Chinese investors and a Zimbabwean government-owned corporation has led to a contentious High Court verdict that could result in the termination of mining licenses issued after 2003.

Young people were recruited as call-centre agents in a “sophisticated internet fraud syndicate”.

Police believe the suspects are part of a gang “syndicate” responsible for car-jackings in Johannesburg.

Nigeria boss Randy Waldrum says his side must “prepare properly” for the 2024 Olympic Games women’s football tournament.

Satellite images reveal the impact of the long drought on one of the country’s main water sources.

The bodies of 38 migrants, including children, have been recovered after a shipwreck off the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN said Tuesday, the latest disaster on the so-called Eastern migration route.

South Africa’s ex-president wins an appeal against his earlier disqualification by the electoral body.

The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it was swept off the road.

Funds have been traced to over 50 bank accounts following Betta Edu’s suspension, investigators say.

South Africa is headed in the wrong direction and needs to take lessons from Rwanda, 30 years after the reverse was true and SA served as an inspiration for Rwanda, former president Thabo Mbeki has said.

The Future Eagles were set to fly to Spain on Tuesday, ahead of their first match on Friday.

Passengers were trapped in raging waters after a driver attempted to cross a flooded highway.

Kenya’s hopes of reaching the World Cup will be over prematurely unless the country stops “shooting itself in the foot”.

Former president Thabo Mbeki has joined presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Paul Kagame in calling for a peaceful resolution to rising tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda.

Tigran Gambaryan’s wife says she is “beyond heartbroken” at his transfer to a prison in Nigeria’s capital.

Enemy mortar fire “fell near the camp where they were staying,” says a southern African military force.

Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed currency started trading on Monday amid doubts that the country’s third such re-launch in a decade will have any more success in ending repeated, crippling bouts of high inflation.