Runners gathered in South Africa to pay tribute to Elizabeth Moselakgomo after her body was found east of Johannesburg. She is one of nine women found in the Kempton...

Thirty-seven people accused of illegal mining in north-central Nigeria have died in custody, local officials said.Police have set up an investigation into the deaths, which the Nigerian Security and...

In a statement on Thursday, South African police said the recent rise in serious and violent crimes against women remained a "matter of grave concern", urging women in the...

Relations between the two countries have been on a downward spiral since President Donald Trump returned to office early last year, with the US leader cutting aid, expelling the...

Former Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma is on the verge of joining Ajax on an initial deal that runs until the end of the season.The defensive midfielder, 30, was out...

Uganda's military leaders have confirmed that they will take part in Prince Harry's Invictus Games for wounded veterans after saying last week they were going to pull out of...

Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, once the world's youngest reigning monarch, was buried on Saturday, days after a row broke out over who would succeed him....

Yet observers and those affected argue that it did not have to be this way.Academic Hesbon Owilla told the BBC the president's comments were bound to be misinterpreted, especially...

At least 24 schoolchildren have died in a stampede as they tried to flee a fire that engulfed two schools in rebel-held Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of...

The existence of Oyo's son was first publicly revealed in the days after the king's death by President Museveni, who said he had been told about the young boy...

The Gambia's President Adama Barrow has urged citizens to remain calm over prolonged power cuts, saying the country is not alone in facing an electricity crisis that has affected...

A man accused of killing his wife and two daughters in the UK has admitted unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition in South Africa.Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and...