South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

It will be a "mammoth task" to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police ...

Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

Boost in commodities demand helps narrow Africa’s China trade deficit as nations urge more imports of processed goods.

Several governments across Southern Africa grew increasingly authoritarian and intolerant of dissent throughout 2024.

Despite a few high-profile setbacks, more than half of Africa’s population has seen improvements in their country’s ...

Civilians in East Africa and the Horn bore the brunt of armed conflicts between government forces and opposition armed groups ...

Carmakers in South Africa are imploring the local unit of ArcelorMittal SA and the country’s trade minister to work together ...

Africa is viewed worldwide as a "sleeping gas giant”. The continent’s total gas reserves are almost as large as those of the ...