South African President Cyril Ramaphosa greets Elita de Klerk, widow of former President FW de Klerk at the state memorial service in Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 12, 2021. South Africa on Sunday paid an official tribute to FW de Klerk, ... Read More

As many as 135 projects worth USD 22.9 billion were signed at the recently held Second China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) in Changsha, China. According to the Information Office of the People’s Government of Hunan Province which made the disclosure, the signed ... Read More

As cases of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant soar in South Africa, hospital officials monitoring the outbreak say patient reports offer compelling evidence the variant causes illness that is less severe than previous forms of the disease. “Most of the ... Read More

Scientists in South Africa say the new and rapidly spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is partly able to evade antibodies produced by either a previous infection or vaccination. The results were found in laboratory tests conducted at ... Read More

Ethiopia has accused the United States of “perpetuating a destructive narrative” after Washington and its allies sounded the alarm over reports that the authorities were unlawfully detaining citizens on ethnic grounds. The US and other Western nations released a joint statement on Monday ... Read More

Tyson Nuthu works in the outdoors industry in Nairobi and sees the presence of China everywhere. "Just look at all the construction projects, from Ngong Road to the western bypass. Everywhere you look, China is active here in Kenya," he said. Kenya ... Read More

Hopewell Chin' ono A Zimbabwe court has dropped a case against investigative journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin'ono, charged with inciting public violence last year for supporting banned demonstrations on Twitter. The outspoken, award-winning journalist has been detained three times and spent ... Read More

The British government suspended visa applications from Nigeria on Monday in a move sparked by the omicron variant of the coronavirus. London's travel ban on Nigeria took effect at 4 a.m. Monday, according to a statement from the UK's Nigeria country ... Read More

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, a former anti-apartheid fighter who, like the greats of the struggle he encountered, spent part of his life in Robben Island penitentiary in South Africa, died Monday at the age of 84. He died ... Read More

In the shadows of the coronavirus pandemic, violence against women has been on the rise around the world, including in South Africa, where half of the country’s women report at least one incident of violence in their lifetime. Now, a ... Read More