A 29-year-old security guard who raped and murdered a two-year-old girl in Sandton, Johannesburg was handed two life sentences on...

France's foreign minister said on Wednesday there was no perspective of a political solution for Syria other than U.N.-led peace...

Thousands of anti-capitalist protesters marched through Zurich on Tuesday to demonstrate against a planned visit by U.S. President Donald Trump...

The acting head of group capital at South Africa's Eskom has resigned, the state-owned power utility said on Tuesday, adding...

Twitter Inc's Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto has resigned to join online lender Social Finance Inc (SoFi) as its chief...

Legendary South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela's train came to a stop for good on Tuesday, but his song Stimela (The...

Fourteen Nigerian men, accused of public violence, appeared in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Their case was postponed to...

A visibly angry Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini on Tuesday accused former South African Social Security (Sassa) CEO Thokozani Magwaza...

Two generals serving under former Gambian president and dictator Yahya Jammeh have been arrested amid rumours that former military officials,...

George Weah, the former international soccer star who won the presidency of Liberia last month, promised a crackdown on endemic...

U.S. senators voted to move forward on legislation that would reopen the federal government until Feb. 8, ending a three-day...

The European Union's rules on asylum which state that requests be handled by the country where asylum is first claimed...

Watch the ANC NEC briefs the media on the outcomes of Lekgotla held in Irene at the weekend.

Zambia's opposition party, the United Party for National Development (UPND), has challenged President Edgar Lungu’s Patriotic Front party to come...

The ANC NEC has discussed President Jacob Zuma's fate. The matter is now in the hands of the ANC top...

Several Zimbabwe politicians are expressing their shock at the passing of Roy Bennett. The former Treasurer-General of Zimbabwe's Movement for...

MPC's interest rate announcement: 18 January 2018

Luxury goods group LVMH's watch and jewellery sales rose more than 10 percent last year, the head of the group's...

The Philippines raised the alert level at its rumbling Mayon volcano to "level 3" on Sunday after detecting lava flow...

It’s not often the case that a caddie walks away with the biggest prize of the week, but for SA...