A second key witness in Oscar Pistorius’ trial has told the court in Pretoria she was awoken by the sounds…
The second day of Oscar Pistorius’ trial in South Africa begins with his defense lawyers questioning a neighbor who told…
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has celebrated his 90th birthday with a huge party at a Harare stadium. Thousands of Zimbabweans…
Somalia's presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu has been attack by a huge car bomb. The bomb has blown a…
Eleven people on board of a Libyan military plane carrying doctors and patients died after the aircraft has crashed in…
Lamido Sanusi - Nigeria's central bank governor - has been suspended by the president pending investigations into "far-reaching irregularities". Lamido…
Ten illegal gold miners have been arrested after emerging from an old South African mine, with more still underground. Some…
A military transport plane has crashed in the north-east of Algeria, killing 103 people, local media say. The Algerian plane…
Seventeen miners have been trapped underground after a fire at Doornkop mine west of Johannesburg, South Africa. Rescue workers are…
South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela left an estate valued at more than 46 million rand ($4.13 million), a…