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16.05.2024 03:30 A Kenyan mother's desperate attempts to save her son who is on death row in Saudi Arabia.

15.05.2024 22:10 President Ramaphosa approves a law that seeks to provide universal health care for all - but not everyone is happy.

15.05.2024 22:10 The iconic trees evolved on Madagascar 21 million years ago and later spread to other countries.

15.05.2024 17:41 Ousman Sonko is convicted of crimes including killing and torture committed in The Gambia.

15.05.2024 12:50 Athlete Caster Semenya is challenging the ruling that she must take testosterone-reducing drugs to compete.

15.05.2024 03:10 Illegal shipments of rosewood continue and some of the profit ends up with jihadists, research says.

14.05.2024 22:30 The internet outage in East Africa highlights the fragility of the continent's online connections.

14.05.2024 17:00 The former apartheid regime said Chief Luthuli died in an accident after a train hit him in 1967.

14.05.2024 17:00 After a decades-long love affair with Ghana, the US musical icon is granted citizenship.

14.05.2024 17:00 The American music icon has long been an admirer of the west African country.

14.05.2024 12:30 The world’s longest cruise has been forced to amend its route and is now calling at nine African ports.

14.05.2024 07:40 South African Delvin Safers had already made what he thought was his last phone call to his family.

13.05.2024 21:51 The heads of the Tunisian swimming federation and the national anti-doping agency were detained on Saturday.

13.05.2024 11:10 Prices of bread and airtime are set to increase as the government seeks to raise additional taxes in an unpopular finance bill - and more stories

13.05.2024 06:30 South African communities organise to tackle the high crime rate, with the police's tacit approval.