The torrential rains have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more across the region this year.

Tensions between the Horn of Africa countries increased on January 1, when Addis Ababa signed a deal with another northern ...

In a region known for hosting some of the earliest evidence of modern humans, DNA analysis was sparse. Until now.

Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed to be the first time the ...

The mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) ...

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South African petrochemicals company Sasol and state power utility Eskom said on Friday they had agreed to jointly explore ...

Afghanistan has won a one-day international series against South Africa for the first time with a game to spare in Sharjah.

A British businessman, who was a former contractor for South Africa's ailing power utility Eskom, has been extradited from ...

The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from ...

South Africa's central bank struck a measured tone after its first rate cut in more than four years on Thursday, saying ...

South Africa’s first interest-rate cut since 2020 quickly divided economists over how much further it will go after making a ...