South African police and army units have held a parade involving helicopters and officers on motorcycles in a show of force in advance of expected demonstrations around the Group of 20 world leaders ...

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

A woman's hand is marked with ink before casting her ballot in national elections April 22, 2009 in Alexandra Township, South Africa [John Moore/Getty Images] For far too long, African youth have been ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

South Africa ends its G20 presidency this weekend with a two-day head of states summit focused on debt relief and global inequality – a meeting the United States says it will boycott. Pretoria says it ...

Macron landed in Port Louis on Thursday in a visit to a country that has become an economic success story in the Indian Ocean. Mauritius sits just north of the French overseas territory of Réunion and ...

Rwanda-backed M23 group says it will withdraw from seized Congo town after US request Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have said they would withdraw from the eastern Congo town of Uvira at the request of the ...

Ore purchase agreement to provide fast track opportunity to cash flow Westgold Resources Limited , is pleased to confirm that, subject to approval from the Australian Securities Exchange , it is ...