Africa

South Africa is commemorating the 30th anniversary of its first democratic election.South Africa is marking Freedom Day –  the historic...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed South Africa’s achievements under his party’s leadership as the country celebrated 30 years of democracy...

On April 27, South Africa marks the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid, when we, South Africans, finally won...

He cast a vote. There is nothing remarkable about that. In this year alone nearly 50 percent of the world’s population will head...

Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for...

More than 120,000 people have been displaced, Kenyan government says, with 22 others injured and eight reported missing.Flooding and heavy...

The UN mission has been told to leave due to inefficiency in protecting civilians from armed conflict.The United Nations peacekeeping...

In a new report, Human Rights Watch said military forces ‘summarily executed’ 223 civilians in February.Burkina Faso has suspended the...

Photographer Jurgen Schadeberg (1931-2020) spent most of his life documenting the struggle against apartheid. Years before his death in 2020,...

More than 200,000 people and 51,000 households have been affected by the rains, Tanzania’s prime minister said.Flooding and landslides in...