South Africa this week celebrates 30 years of freedom after a historic 1994 election that saw the end of white minority rule ...

French police evict migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris ahead of the Olympics, Portugal commemorates the 50th anniversary ...

In April 1994, the country held its first all-race, democratic elections. See how the Guardian reported events ...

South Africa this week celebrates 30 years of freedom after a historic 1994 election that saw the end of white minority rule ...

Winning over the state will be paramount for BHP or any other would-be bidders. Anglo’s board said it was considering the ...

A woman pulls a trolley with recyclable material past veld fires outside South Africa's main city, Johannesburg, on Monday. A ...

The departure of U.S. military personnel in Chad and Niger comes as both countries are turning away from years of cooperation ...

Torrential downpours have submerged homes and farms in Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi, and more rain is expected.

It enjoys another major advantage: a level playing field. South Africa is renowned for the strength of its democracy.

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launched large-scale malaria vaccine programmes on Thursday under an Africa-focused ...

Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East ...

South Africa's central bank and government launched a deposit insurance fund on Thursday that will protect individual ...