While the US chose monkeys for its space experiments, the USSR, after much chin-scratching, opted for dogs - but only ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday met with African Union envoys to discuss the conflict in Tigray, where the ...

The Proteas will bat first in the opening T20 against England at an empty Newlands after skipper Quinton de Kock ...

Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have announced a broadcasting deal for the busy cricket ...

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok's staff is self-isolating after 19 members, including Cabinet Affairs Minister Omer Manis, ...

DA leader John Steenhuisen has challenged EFF leader Julius Malema, who recently threatened police officers, to forego the police protection ...

Watching the legendary Diego Maradona, who died this week at the age of 60 of a heart attack, and playing ...

Versatility will be a distinct theme when the Sharks take on the Pumas in Friday night's Currie Cup opener at ...

Nasarawa state in the north-central region of Nigeria is known for agriculture, salt mining and one of the higher waterfalls ...

South Africa can't implement a pay deal with public servants because it would precipitate a fiscal crisis, Finance Minister Tito ...

African peace envoys were due to meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday, a day after he said the ...

A woodcarver polishes a product at a local market in Windhoek, Namibia, Nov. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Ndalimpinga Iita)Namibian woodcarvers are optimistic ...

Sydney [Australia], November 27 (ANI): Yuzvendra Chahal on Friday registered an unwanted record as he became the Indian spinner to ...

Former president Jacob Zuma's petulant and unlawful exit at the Zondo commission on 19 November, having lost his application to ...

Cheetahs bigwig Harold Verster has provided the clearest indication yet that the franchise's future is safe despite being sidelined from ...

A CIA officer was killed in combat in Somalia in recent days, US media said Thursday without releasing details of ...

Rescuers are trying to reach at least 30 miners in Zimbabwe trapped underground after a shaft in an outdated gold ...

England and Wales have been playing against each other for 139 years but Saturday's Autumn Nations Cup match marks a ...

Sydney [Australia], November 27 (ANI): A spectator carrying a placard invaded the ground in the ongoing first One Day International ...

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from ...

WASHINGTON - A CIA officer was killed in combat in Somalia in recent days, U.S. media said Thursday without releasing ...

Sydney [Australia], November 27 (ANI): Skipper Aaron Finch on Friday became the second-fastest Australian player to smash 5000 runs in ...

This year's Black Friday will almost certainly be blacker for many people than previous years, given seriously constrained economic circumstances. ...

NAIROBI - No other country has been involved in Somalia's future as much as the United States. Now the Trump ...

The World Health Organization urged African countries Thursday to prepare plans to distribute vaccinations for COVID-19 as they become available.A ...

The Proteas overpowered the Malawi Queens 65-25 in the first SPAR Challenge Test match at the Superbowl in Sun City ...

Rabat [Morroco], November 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco registered 4,178 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the tally of infections in the ...

Proteas star batsman Quinton de Kock admitted that he is comfortable in his role as Proteas ODI and T20 captain.Last ...

MAZOWE, ZIMBABWE - Deadly violence in Zimbabwe's gold mining sector was a problem for years until COVID-19 restrictions brought it ...

GENEVA - The U.N. Program on HIV and AIDS warns that stigma and discrimination against marginalized populations are driving both ...

A CIA officer was killed in combat in Somalia in recent days, US media said Thursday without releasing details of ...

An expert has warned a second wave of Covid-19 infections will emerge on the African continent if people do not ...

Extreme heat is a serious hazard to people's health. It affects the cardiovascular system and is particularly dangerous for the ...

The UK government's 2020 spending review includes a cut in international aid, from 0.7% of gross national income to 0.5%. ...

The endangered Mauritius fruit bat is once again the centre of a controversial cull at the hands of its government, ...

Ford Motor Company South Africa agreed to pay R50 000 compensation to people whose Kuga caught fire from the engine ...

A young mother has been talking about how she was shunned by her community in Uganda when she returned home ...

England captain Eoin Morgan says his England team are determined to "put on a bit of a show" in the ...

Trade union Solidarity has vowed to take legal action against ArcelorMittal over reduced working time which was put in place ...

Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan's last democratically elected leader and the great-grandson of the messianic figure who fought the British in the ...