12+ hour, 4+ min ago   (743+ words) The main opposition leader claimed he had been questioned by the army, and police said one person was killed at a polling station during Thursday's vote. Police identified the person as a party official and said they had arrested nine…...

7+ hour, 48+ min ago   (324+ words) The cats are being rescued from the former Luján Zoo, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) northwest of Argentina's capital of Buenos Aires, after years of uncertainty over their fate. Four Paws, the international animal-welfare organization overseeing the transfer, described it as one…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (352+ words) The request comes after South Africa deported or helped repatriate more than 80,000 immigrants, following protests and violence against illegal immigration. According to the country's Home Affairs department, which briefed lawmakers on Tuesday, the country has spent nearly $18 million accommodating and…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (667+ words) It’s part of a strategy for coping with slowing demand at home and rising trade barriers in Europe and North America. Analysts say the shift could reshape Africa’s automotive industry by creating jobs, developing local supply chains and accelerating adoption…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (251+ words) The South African Police Service said the miners were found dead at a mine near the city of Rustenburg, around 130 kilometers (80 miles) northwest of Johannesburg. The national police service did not give more details on the circumstances of the deaths,…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (715+ words) It's one of the most significant migrant exoduses from Africa's most advanced economy in years. The count is from authorities in the home countries the migrants have returned to. More than 115,000 people returned to neighboring Zimbabwe alone since late May…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (635+ words) But seven decades after risking arrest, torture and even death to challenge racist laws, many women say their fight for freedom in South Africa is unfinished as they continue to grapple with high rates of gender-based violence, poverty and inequality....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (843+ words) But the system ran for only a few weeks, and now the car-less cables hang unused above Madagascar 's capital in what might be a $170 million mistake by one of the world's poorest countries. The cable car system in Antananarivo…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (454+ words) The country has faced a backlash over protests calling for the deportation of migrants who are in the country illegally and reported violent attacks against migrants. But South African officials believe wider migration talks among all African nations could address…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (299+ words) The Expropriation Act was signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa last year as part of the government's efforts to address the effects of land dispossession and economic inequality through decades of white minority rule in South Africa that ended…...