3+ hour, 52+ min ago  (393+ words) Police chief Fannie Masemola suspended as President Cyril Ramaphosa faces pressure to tackle corruption ahead of polls. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended the national police chief after he was charged with breaking finance laws over the awarding of…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1804+ words) Riding the troubled railway line between Tanzania and Zambia as China moves to rebuild it. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia " In Dar-es-Salaam's train station, hundreds of passengers sat amid piles of luggage as a listless breeze blew through the…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (546+ words) On the third leg of his Africa tour, Leo urges Angola to move beyond "divisions" created by its war-scarred past. Pope Leo XIV has addressed tens of thousands of faithful near Angola's capital, urging the country to overcome "divisions" and…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (133+ words) Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla asks former South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor if global leadership is in crisis. In this episode of Reframe, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, General Coordinator of Progressive International, speaks to Naledi Pandor about where power resides in the international order…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (379+ words) Magistrate hands the opposition figure five-year term, that his lawyers say will be appealed. South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to prison time for firing a rifle in "the air at a party rally. Malema, the leader…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (519+ words) Leo is the third pontiff to visit the fossil fuel-rich country after John Paul II in 1992 and Benedict XVI in 2009. Pope Leo XIV is set to arrive in Angola on the third leg of a landmark African tour that has…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (422+ words) Roelf Meyer will replace the South African ambassador who was expelled from the US by President Donald Trump in 2025. South Africa has appointed Roelf Meyer, who helped negotiate the end of white minority rule in his country in the 1990s, as…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (307+ words) The Portuguese coach takes charge after the sacking of Otto Addo, and will lead the Black Stars at the FIFA World Cup. Ghana "have appointed Carlos Queiroz as the head "coach of their men's national team, less than two months…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (519+ words) The pope will also visit Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea during his 11-day trip to the continent. Pope Leo XIV has begun a landmark visit to Algeria in the first trip to the Muslim-majority country by a pontiff. The United…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (354+ words) South Korean president says it's disappointing Israel does not "even once reflect on criticisms from around the world'. Israel has criticised South Korea's president for sharing video of violence against Palestinians by the Israeli army. That's after Lee Jae Myung'raised…...