Inside battle to save South Africa’s rhinos

The ‘fros setting fashion on fire

Is South Africa getting its own Obamacare?

How Africa’s super-rich spend their millions

On the whale trail: Walking with South Africa’s leviathans

Where do 200,000 animals flock each year?

Every year Botswana's Okavango Delta springs to life as the parched landscape is transformed into a oasis rich with wildlife.

Military coup in Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone: Torrential rains leave 4 dead

Thousands are homeless and four are dead after days of heavy rains in Sierre Leone, weather the government says could continue into next week.

Why art is a better investment than gold

Amid strong demand and skyrocketing prices, contemporary African art is starting to attract the attention of investors.

Mugabe, 91, makes wrong speech

Zimbabweans generally don't laugh or get excited about President Robert Mugabe's speeches, given the level of poverty and reported human rights abuses in the southern African country.

USAfrica: Follow the Weapons trade to understand, tackle migrant crises across Europe and Africa. By Elsie-Bernadette Onubogu

USAfrica: Follow the Weapons trade to understand, tackle migrant crises across Europe and Africa By Elsie-Bernadette Onubogu, an International Consultant, former Senior Policy Adviser with the United Nations and contributing…

MH370: Object spotted; search requested

Nearly two months after debris from the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 washed up on Reunion Island, a large object floating off the island has piqued the interest of French…

Egypt: Sorry for deadly attack on tourists

14-year-old Ghanaian actor wows Venice film festival judges

Group stops care for retired research chimps

The fate of dozens of chimpanzees used in American biomedical experiments is up in the air after resources for their care and feeding were withdrawn this year.