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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has visited the sites of devastating floods that have left at least 78 people dead in the southeast of the country.

President Trump’s top diplomat in Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire from the State Department next month, and Jonathan Pratt, the Bureau of African Affairs deputy assistant secretary, will take ...

The U.S. State Department's top official for Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire in mid-July, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, adding the Africa bureau's number two, Jonathan Pratt ...

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There was trepidation in South African officials ahead of their U.S. visit after the public dressing down of Ukraine’s president.

South Africa has launched a new integrated state oil company, replacing three separate entities in an effort to create what it hopes will be a "financially sustainable national energy champion".