Africa

Martinus Fredericks meets me outside the police station in South Africa’s Atlantis, a somewhat forlorn semi-industrial town on the outskirts...

Tea, towels and survival blankets On that same cold, grey morning when I met Hashim and Yusuf, 12 wet, freezing...

In the small village of Ogba-Ojibo in central Nigeria, sitting at the confluence of two of the nation’s largest rivers...

An estimated 77 people have been killed in an attack on Mali’s capital, Bamako, according to the AFP news agency....

Afghanistan’s cricketers seal their three-match ODI series against South Africa with a 177-run victory in Sharjah.Afghanistan’s cricketers have sealed a...

Attack on police training academy and nearby airport one of the worst since unrest began more than a decade ago.More...

Maiduguri, Nigeria – Halimah Abdullahi has spent most of the last week peering out of the gates of the displaced...

Afghanistan bowl South Africa out for 106 to seal first ODI win in cricket victory.Afghanistan’s cricketers have earned a historic...

A new education law in South Africa is dividing lawmakers and sparking angry emotions in a country with a complex...

Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL are accused of ‘massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers’.Armed groups with links...