Visitors will marvel at the vividness of the royal drapes with the emblems of the kings of Dahomey (today Benin) and see the ...

South African sprinter Akani Simbine demolished the competition with a world-leading 9. 90 seconds in the 100m at the ...

Somaliland has its own currency and passport, as well as control over its foreign and military affairs. It has held several ...

Letsile Tebogo delighted home fans at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix by easing to a dominant 200m victory at the World ...

The word was first introduced into South Africa by English-speaking immigrants from India, according to the OED, "but it made its way into South African English via Afrikaans". It is related to ...

On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns. Credit ...

South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) warned on Monday.

After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two civil wars. The second Sudanese civil war lasted ...

STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command was in the political crosshairs even before it stood up 18 years ago in Germany’s automotive capital. From the outset, putting a four-star military ...

In the latest Africa Youth Survey, conducted by a South African charity in 2024, Ivory Coast was the only country where a majority said it was easy to find a job. At $2,900 a year, GDP per person ...

Even billionaire Elon Musk’s Neuralink, with its pioneering brain computer interfaces (BCIs) which bypass damaged nerves by linking them directly to external devices like robotic limbs, works on ...

Until now, the most African teams who have been present in a single edition of the tournament was six in 2010, when hosts South Africa were added to the five regular qualifiers. For 2026 ...