South Africa Today

(Reuters) – Nigeria’s head of counter-terrorism on Friday accused neighboring Cameroon of failing to make a serious effort to drive Boko Haram insurgents from...

The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri, on Monday said the Department of State Services (DSS) had arrested a suspect fronting for the...

Yaounde - Suspected Boko Haram militants from Nigeria attacked a town in Cameroon's far north on Saturday but local security forces fought them off,...

Abuja - A female suicide bomber killed herself and a soldier outside an army barracks in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Gombe on Sunday, the...

Abuja - Four Nigerian newspapers said soldiers stopped and seized copies of its editions on Friday over security concerns, with one likening the raids...

Ex-army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as Egypt's new president after a landslide win in May elections. He said his election...

THE Zimbabwean government still cannot be trusted it shall not lay ambush to current and prospective foreign investment under its empowerment drive, Switzerland ambassador...

Murder, rape, attacks on children, displacement on a massive scale. A new United Nations report submitted to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the...

Addis Ababa - At least 34 people were killed and 27 injured in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in an attack that appeared to...

Nairobi - Eleven sailors mostly from Asia held hostage for almost four years by Somali pirates have been freed and are safe on their...