In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

Côte d’Ivoire announced that French troops would be withdrawing from the country and the military base of Port-Bouët would be handed over to Côte d’Ivoire’s army. The announcement is part of a seismic ...

The warning came a day after Israel said its forces would remain in south Lebanon beyond a Sunday deadline for their ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Twenty-five victims' families and survivors of apartheid-era political crimes have sued South ... Africa. She previously spent six years in Dakar covering West ...

Women's cricket in Africa is strongest in the south of the continent, and there are pockets of growth and progress in the east. But now, for the first time, the west will have a presence at a ...

With Morocco and Algeria ballooning their military budgets in anticipation of an all-out war, one area remains as “Africa’s last ... un-labelled on world maps. Moreover, GDP, global population ...

South Africa's newly formed coalition ... Premeph said there were still considerable political setbacks in West Africa and the Sahel: Coups and military governments in Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso ...

However, the fact that sub-Saharan Africa takes up less ... who not only have a well-placed military facility but also run ...