South Africa Today

As ongoing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to drive civilians to seek safety elsewhere, the United Nations refugee agency is appealing...

The hunt for oil is to be halted in Africa's oldest national park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a UK-based oil firm has...

Somalia's al-Shabab militants have rounded up around 100 women and ordered them to comply with a strict Islamic dress code or risk being whipped. The...

At least half of graduates produced by East African universities lack employability skills, technical mastery and basic work-related capabilities, a new survey shows. According to...

The State Department issued a stern warning on Thursday against all travel to South Sudan by US citizens. The posting said the “ordered departure” of...

Nairobi - The funeral for prominent Kenyan-Australian internet entrepreneur Carey Eaton, who was murdered last week in an apparent armed robbery, was held in...

Namibia wants to employ 100 nurses from Kenya to work in the southern African country for the next two years. An advertisement in the Daily...

Satao lived in Tsavo East National park in northern Kenya and was celebrated as one of the last surviving great tuskers, bearers of genes...

Somalia's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab insurgents are planning further attacks in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the Foreign Office has warned, after suicide bombers...

Kano, Nigeria - Danlami Ma'azu stood among a crowd jostling to secure a satellite TV decoder in the Nigerian city of Kano so he...