The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

Australian flag carrier Qantas has had to delay several flights on the Sydney-Johannesburg route over the past few weeks on ...

A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World ...

The country has been roiled by political chaos since the October election, which led to widespread demonstrations and a ...

Fewer births are remaking the world we live in, and the west isn’t in the mood to examine the alternatives. John Authers is a ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

Rescuers have sent a cagelike structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds ...

The capabilities of the Nigerian Air Force have geopolitical implications for combating terrorism and threats of coups in ...

Africa has seen a wave of youth-led protests fuelled by frustrations over rampant corruption, poor governance, high living ...

Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from ...