August 24, 2022
Angola: Opposition Upbeat As Voting Ends and Vote Counting Begins
Voters have cast their ballots in one of Angola's most competitive elections yet, pitting the ruling MPLA against the opposition UNITA. Observers say the youth could decide the… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Angola: Tight Contest Expected in August 24 Election
Which party will emerge the strongest and consequently win the presidency in Wednesday's election? Observers predict a close race between incumbent Joao Lourenco and opposition… Read more »
August 20, 2022
South Africa: South Africa's New Zulu King Crowned Despite Family Feud
King Misuzulu, who ascended to the throne, will wield great symbolic power for over 11 million Zulus. They make up nearly a fifth of South Africa's population. Read more »
August 18, 2022
South Africa: 'They Must Go Home' - A Country's Stubborn Xenophobia
South Africans have unleashed deadly waves of xenophobia on migrants from elsewhere in Africa since 2008. Fear is in the air once more as mobs prowl some places searching for… Read more »
August 17, 2022
Angola: What You Need to Know About August 24 General Elections
On August 24, Angolan political parties are looking at the tightest race they have ever run in an election. DW explains who's running, what the issues are and why the contest is so… Read more »
August 16, 2022
Zimbabwe: Measles Outbreak Leaves More Than 150 Children Dead
Government says 157 children have died as the total number of suspected cases nationwide has doubled in four days. All of those who died had not been vaccinated against measles… Read more »
South Africa: 'I Saw Death. It Was Coming to Me' - 10 Years Since Marikana Massacre
A decade after 34 striking miners were gunned down by police in Marikana, South Africa, most of the victims and their families complain that nobody has been prosecuted, nor have… Read more »
August 12, 2022
Southern Africa: More Than 150 Vultures Poisoned to Death, Seemingly for 'Muti'
The VulPro conservationist group in South Africa on Friday reported the deaths of more than 150 critically endangered vultures in two separate incidents in South Africa and… Read more »
August 11, 2022
South Africa: 14 Men Accused of Raping Women at Abandoned Mine
A group of seven self-employed miners in South Africa have been charged with raping eight women at abandoned mine in late July. Seven more men are due to be charged later on… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Africa: Blinken Outlines New U.S. Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa
The United States "will not dictate Africa's choices, neither should anyone else," Antony Blinken said in the South African city of Pretoria on Monday. Read more »
July 27, 2022
Angola: Miners Find Giant Pink Diamond, Dubbed The Lulo Rose
Australia's Lucapa diamond company said on Wednesday that miners at a site in Angola had found a 170-carat pink diamond, dubbed the Lulo Rose. Read more »
August 31, 2018
South Africa: Court Orders Recognition of Muslim Marriages
A South African court has ruled that Islamic law marriages must be recognized by the state to give women more protection in case of divorce. The ruling is "an enormous victory,"… Read more »
April 02, 2018
South Africa: Who Was Winnie Mandela, South Africa's 'Mother of the Nation?'
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, has died aged 81. She fought alongside her husband against the country's apartheid… Read more »