Africa

South Africa batter Zubayr Hamza has been banned for nine months after testing positive for a heart medication he said...

South Sudan says it is sending its army to the disputed oil-rich Abyei region, along the border with Sudan, following...

Zimbabwe's Premier Soccer League (PSL) has suspended all matches until further notice following pitch invasions, violence and vandalism at a...

Mali's military junta says it thwarted an attempted coup last week led by "Western-backed" soldiers. The alleged foiled coup took...

The Democratic Republic of Congo will on Tuesday mark 25 years since the collapse of the authoritarian rule of Mobutu...

Zambian army Captain Mwila Chansa has spoken of her battle to adopt a baby she first met while on deployment...

Nigeria’s drug control authority says it has seized about 200,000 tablets of various pharmaceutical opioids and illicit substances in raids...

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has dissolved the parliament, three months after he had said he had survived a coup...

Zambia’s Chipolopolo coach Aljosa Asanovic has named 42-year-old striker James Chamanga in a provisional 23-member squad for the 2023 Africa...

Nigerian police say two suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a Christian student accused of blaspheming...