Nelson Mandela is to be accorded a state funeral on Sunday, December 15, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma announced. Nelson…
Flags were lowered to half mast and people across South Africa commemorated Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers on…
Nelson Mandela - South Africa's first black president - has died at the age of 95, President Jacob Zuma announces.…
Nelson Mandela is putting up a courageous fight from his "deathbed", his daughter Makaziwe Mandela says. Makaziwe Mandela told national…
Boko Haram militants have attacked a military airbase in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria, destroying two helicopters, the authorities say. Eyewitnesses say…
Public protector Thuli Madonsela - South Africa's top corruption fighter - has condemned a newspaper for publishing extracts from her…
Mali's former coup leader General Amadou Sanogo has been charged with "murders and assassinations", the justice ministry has said. Armed…
Mauritania has decided to hold parliamentary and local elections - the first since a military coup five years ago –…
Most of South African newspapers have published images of President Jacob Zuma's private residence in Nkandla, defying a government warning…
A roof collapsed at the construction site of a South African shopping mall killing one person, officials say. About 50…