SIRTE, Libya - US planes bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the UN-backed government's request to help push the militants from their former stronghold…
2 Aug 2016 · 08:28
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283 storiesPORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - A metal sculpture overlooks the ocean on South Africa's southern coast, showing Nelson Mandela with his fist triumphantly thrust into the air and…
2 Aug 2016 · 08:19JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand edged weaker early on Tuesday with traders taking a cautious stance, keeping volumes low ahead of local government elections on Wednesday.
2 Aug 2016 · 08:04
JOHANNESBURG - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday that the domestic and global growth outlooks remained bleak and sounded a warning about the financial health…
29 Jul 2016 · 08:39
CILACAP, Indonesia - Indonesia executed four convicted drug traffickers, including three Nigerians, early on Friday as it pushed ahead with its "war against drugs", although another 10 scheduled…
29 Jul 2016 · 08:22
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Wednesday dismissed demands by once stalwart war veteran supporters to quit, saying he was in power by popular vote and…
28 Jul 2016 · 07:59
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) looks likely to lose major urban areas it has held since coming to power in 1994 at the end of apartheid,…
28 Jul 2016 · 07:37
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa cannot rely on austerity measures to reduce public debt and boost economic growth, as previously thought, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday.
26 Jul 2016 · 08:44
NEW YORK - More than 8,300 refugees fled violence in war-torn South Sudan and crossed into neighboring Uganda in a single day this week, setting a one-day record…
25 Jul 2016 · 06:56
ABUJA - The Nigerian government is talking to militants in the southern Niger Delta to end a wave of attacks on oil and gas facilities, President Muhammadu Buhari…
22 Jul 2016 · 06:54

