The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa.

Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance ...

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President Cyril Ramaphosa, as Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), on Thursday evening ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast for a week to honour South African Defence ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to the 14 soldiers who tragically lost their lives in a peacekeeping mission in the ...

He spoke for just under an hour – a speech of about 7000 words. But what was most important about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday evening, led the nation in mourning the tragic loss of 14 South African soldiers, who ...

The gunman’s motive hadn’t been determined by early Wednesday as the Scandinavian nation — where gun violence at schools is very rare ... (Anders Wiklund/TT via AP) A Swedish flag flies at half-mast ...

Seven years ago, the African Union (AU) set the target of silencing the guns on our continent by 2020. We are already in the first month of this target year but there are however no signs of conflict ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond ... [PAUL KANE / GETTY IMAGES] This woman flies the flag for Liberia ahead of President Joseph Boakai's state ...