Africa

Khartoum, Sudan, Oct 18 - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday appointed a peace envoy to South Sudan, mired in conflict since it won independence from its northern neighbour in 2011.Former ambassador to Juba, Jamal al-Sheikh, was put in charge

Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct 17 - A South African court on Wednesday convicted two white farmers of murdering a 16-year-old black boy suspected of stealing sunflowers in a remote northwestern farming community.Pieter Doorewaard and Philip Schutte

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany, Oct 15 - Thirty years after her iconic debut novel, Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga is back with a final look at her heroine's harrowing journey through the Mugabe years, hoping to spark debate about violence against

Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct 15 - One of South Africa's leading newspapers admitted Sunday it had run "tainted" scoops during the presidency of Jacob Zuma which turned out to be largely false, but insisted it had been the victim of political manipulation."We

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 - Africa's youngest billionaire was kidnapped Thursday by gunmen in Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam, officials said. Mohammed Dewji, 43, who heads the MeTL Group which operates in about 10 countries with interests in

LUANDA K'Otieno, Kenya, Oct 11 - Time-worn and weather-beaten, the MV Mbita III tilts slightly to the left as it creaks out of its Kenyan port on Lake Victoria."There's no problem," smiles the ferry captain, Eric Charles, as he heads into the calm waters

Cape Town, South Africa, Oct 10 - South African Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene resigned Tuesday over undisclosed meetings with a business family at the heart of a corruption scandal, dealing a blow to President Cyril Ramaphosa.Nene was seen as one of

Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 10 - "I am always anticipating an attack," says South African soldier Maijeke of how it feels to be in DR Congo's "triangle of death", where he is part of a UN peacekeeping force helping the Congolese army hunt