Southern Africa

By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) - New President Hakainde Hichilema pledged on Tuesday to tackle Zambia's "unsustainable" debt, lamenting that...

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans formed queues hundreds of metres long to get their COVID-19 shots on...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will open up COVID-19 vaccinations to those aged between 18 and 35 years old from...

By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) -Zambian President Edgar Lungu conceded defeat on Monday, after a landslide election win by opposition...

By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) -Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema secured a stunning landslide victory over incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia's...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Prosecutors and lawyers for South Africa's jailed former president Jacob Zuma, who has been in hospital since Friday,...

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday appointed the Development Bank of Southern Africa's...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Electoral Commission will on Wednesday apply to the Constitutional Court for municipal elections to be...

By Nqobile Dludla and Sisipho Skweyiya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The first transgender contestant in South Africa's national beauty pageant, 24-year-old...

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Recent unrest in South Africa damaged hundreds of businesses but property developers and retailers...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the use of 1,495 members of the military to help...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa on Sunday lifted restrictions on the sale of alcohol on weekdays and the movement of people...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi said on Sunday troops fighting the Islamic State-linked insurgency in its northern province...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Electoral Commission said on Friday that it would seek to delay municipal elections scheduled for...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The death toll from recent riots in South Africa has risen to 276, and police are investigating...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A South African court granted former President Jacob Zuma's request for a delay in his arms deal corruption...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An inquiry recommended on Tuesday delaying local government elections planned in South Africa on Oct. 27, saying...

By Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Former South African president Jacob Zuma, whose jailing earlier this month triggered...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of 25,000 members of the armed forces,...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday security agencies had identified a number of people suspected of instigating...