Southern Africa

A law prohibiting abortion services for women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 is unconstitutional,...

At least 24 people have died after two boats carrying mostly Somali nationals capsized off Madagascar’s northern coast, local authorities...

The UK's Prince William rode on a sea rescue boat along part of the South African coast on Thursday as...

Eight miners died after being buried under mounds of earth that collapsed on them in an open-pit copper mine in...

A South African policewoman appeared in court Friday on allegations of murdering six people for insurance payouts worth at least...

Nine men died when a large pile of gravel collapsed on them while they were working in a quarry in...

Malawi has begun screening for mpox at all ports of entry in a bid to prevent the spread of the...

South Africa appointed its first female chief justice on Thursday, July 25.President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current deputy...

In Zimbabwe, 580,000 children are at risk of malnutrition, according to the United Nations children's agency, as the effects of...

Six firefighters have died battling a bushfire in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and another two are in...