African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union.

The new team takes office at a time the continent is at a critical juncture, dealing with rising political instability and ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Catholic leaders in East Africa launched a campaign on Wednesday (Feb. 12) to advocate for the ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that his country "will not be bullied," days after U.S. President ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the ...

President Donald Trump’s recent blanket statement made to cut South Africa’s funding completely ... projects vital for a ...

President Trump has re-designated the Houthi rebels of Yemen as a foreign terrorist organization. That they deserve the label ...

The rejection of Trump's trial balloon is telling. In May 2024, Cairo joined South Africa in its spurious legal case at the ...

A civil rights lawyer preparing for a new position with Howard University’s law school died in Wednesday evening’s plane crash at Reagan National Airport. Already working in D.C. for quite ...

The outdoor specialty retail giant announced Wednesday that Laughton will join REI as president on Feb. 3 before assuming full CEO responsibilities on March 31. She is succeeding Eric Artz ...

WASHINGTON — The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally administers the oath of office to the incoming president, while the vice president has more flexibility in choosing who reads ...

US President Donald Trump’s offer to accept white Afrikaners as refugees has been termed ‘ridiculous’ and ‘lame’ by South Africans. TheSouthAfrican.com is all about South Africa and the ...