SOUTH AFRICA

The insurgent group Seleka is making headway toward Bangui, despite peace negotiations in Gabon planned for this week.

Nelson Mandela is reportedly recovering well at home, but quiet speculation about his frailty and mental health are ongoing.

For Dalit women, the so-called Untouchables, protests of the recent rape of an Indian medical student is not likely to stop the sex crimes against them.

Dogged by persecution and surrounded by turmoil, Egypt's Orthodox Coptic Christians will celebrate Christmas Monday.

The northwestern African country of Mauritania has banned the use of plastic bags, citing the harmful effects of pollution.

More than 34,000 people qualified to apply for only 90 trainee jobs that were advertised.

South African President and ANC leader Jacob Zuma said that owning dogs was a part of white culture.

From a potential port strike, to the massacre of South African striking miners, 2012 saw tensions rise between workers and companies.

Mandela last appeared in public in 2010 when South Africa hosted the World Cup

The African continent is seeing some monumental changes, and is rife with conflict and potential.

South African President Jacob Zuma was chosen to lead the African National Congress, essentially sewing up the 2014 general election results.

South Africa is the only nation in Africa where the rights of gays and lesbians are guaranteed by the constitution and which recognizes gay marriage.

South African authorities foiled an attack at the ANC national conference, but can’t save the party from its inner demons.

Despite going up against scalpers and imposters, Apple still managed to sell more than 2 million iPhone 5 units to Chinese customers in just two days.

Apple launched the iPhone 5 in 33 new countries today, including China, Turkey, Israel and Russia.

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund shows how illicit animal poaching has become a national security problem.

The country's leaders, the church group charged, have "largely lost their moral compass.”

Intelligence experts say the U.S. will lose its clout by 2030, but that won't be just bad news for Americans.

As Nelson Mandela spent his second day in a Pretoria hospital Sunday, South Africans prayed for his recovery and the government told people not to worry.

Former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, has been hospitalized in a military hospital in Pretoria, undergoing a series of unspecified tests. Mandela, the nation’s first black president, has been in the hospital since early Saturday.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe seized the farm of late politician Ian Smith and called for black business ownership ahead of elections.