SOUTH AFRICA

Egypt and India have little in common, but a closer relationship could propel surprising growth for both countries.

Swaziland has failed to produce enough food to feed itself for the past four decades.

South African Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier apologized for saying that child abusers should not be treated like criminals.

To mark the two-year anniversary of Syria's civil war that began on March 15, 2011, here’s a look at some of the conflict's statistics.

A roundup of front page headlines around the world heralding the announcement that Jorge Bergoglio would be Pope Francis.

Corruption cost Africa hundreds of billions in the last decade, a study shows, depriving the poorest continent of capital sorely needed for development.

At sunset, the sun's low position makes light travel on a longer path, scattering blue and green away from our vision.

An 8-year-old boy marries a 61-year-old woman after his dead ancestors told him to do it.

South Africa's so-called Blade Runner has already incurred legal costs of at least £200,000 ($300,000).

Women in South Africa are regularly abused by a male culture that prizes macho men and weapons. But it's virtually taboo to talk about it.

As the Oscar Pistorius case unfolds in South Africa, another case of a celebrity athlete and a dead girlfriend has concluded in Brazil.

Coetzee ran his squad of killers from a farm called Vlakplaas outside Pretoria during 1980 and 1981.

The yen's slide is an effort to jump-start Japan, but holders of the dollar, won, Euro, yuan and other currencies see it as an act of aggression.

Great white sharks will now be protected under California’s Endangered Species Act starting on Friday. The state Fish and Game Commission approved the designation in February, forbidding the hunting, pursuing, catching, capturing or killing of the animal.

The current ban on rhino horn has sucked the animals into a "supply-and-demand extinction vortex," scientists say.

Twitter in South Africa crashed on the Friday that Pistorius received bail.

Muslims, Jews and Hindus are forbidden by custom from consuming pork products of any kind.

African leaders have agreed on new framework for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Details are lacking, but potential is great.

A new report by the National Enquirer alleges that Reeva Steenkamp was pregnant at the time of her death.

Moonoo is a member of South Africa's small, but vibrant, Indian community, which makes up about 2.5 percent of the population.

There's no way the Oscars will net more global viewers than the World Cup. Not this time. Not ever.