Zimbabwean presidential election was a "huge farce", Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said, alleging vote-rigging by rival President Robert Mugabe's…
Zimbabwe is voting in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections which have already been hit by fraud allegations. President Robert…
Polls open across Mali for a presidential election aimed at reuniting the country after months of political turmoil. Security is…
More than 1,000 inmates have escaped from a jail in the Libyan city of Benghazi. A security official from the…
Tunisian opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi has been assassinated outside his home in Tunis, officials say. Mohamed Brahmi, 58, led the…
Nelson Mandela turns 95 while in hospital in Pretoria, as events take place around the world and in South Africa…
South African President Jacob Zuma has announced Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment but remains in a critical condition. The…
Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces “impending death”, a South African court documents reveal.…
First Ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush attended the African First Ladies Summit in Tanzania where they complained about how…
Members of Nelson Mandela's family have laid a criminal complaint against former South African president’s grandson Mandla Mandela. According to…