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March and March leader, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, said the government should be blamed for any potential lawlessness during 30 June nationwide protests.

South Africa advanced to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time with a 1-0 victory over South Korea on Wednesday night

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A powerful heatwave swept across Europe, stretching from France to Spain and Belgium and pushing temperatures towards 39C, raising concerns about public safety and pressure on infrastructure.

'Laissons Parler Les Gens' explored ways of engaging young Africans through humour digital storytelling and culture as it discussed the dark side of the digital era. The gathering in Belgium formed part of the Kouman x Brussels initiative, a cultural project bridging West Africa and Europe.

Kenya has signed a $1.2 billion deal with China Road and Bridge Corporation to expand Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the country’s transport minister said on Tuesday.

A Tunisian court on Tuesday upheld an eight-year prison sentence slapped on anti-racism activist Saadia Mosbah for financial misconduct, two of her lawyers said

A mix of Iranian and Mexican supporters turned out to say farewell, looking to get a glimpse of the players and an autograph from them as they departed

Zimbabwe's Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved controversial constitutional amendments that would keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa in office until 2030, giving the changes full parliamentary support after earlier consent from the lower house

The global risk from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains low, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

Sexual violence has being used “consistently as a tactic and weapon of war” since the conflict in Sudan erupted three years ago. That’s the finding of a new report by the United Nations Human Rights Office.

Kenyan prosecutors said Tuesday they will charge a number of students with murder of 16 schoolmates in the burning of a dormitory in late May that shocked the east African country.

At a gold mine in Mongbwalu, necessity is forcing people to put aside their fear of the virus and carry on working.

Angola is investigating a former general challenging President João Lourenço for leadership of the country’s ruling MPLA.

It authorises new steps to ensure that those who commit crimes against peacekeepers face justice.

Defence lawyers in the trial of Central African Republic’s former president, François Bozizé, on Tuesday denounced what they say are procedural irregularities.

The decree prohibits citizens of Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia from entering through all land, sea, and air ports.

France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor back from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak.

England defender Djed Spence appeared to be the only player in the squad who did not shake Thomas Partey's hand before England's World Cup clash with Ghana in Boston.

In a new report, it said violence against women and girls remains widespread despite repeated government promises to do something about it.