In late January, in fighting in the city of Goma and surrounding districts, in North Kivu province, in the east of the ...

South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe was re-elected unopposed as Confederation of African Football president at the ...

He set his sights on Kenya, his country’s neighbor to the south, where he found a job in a cafe, then farther south still, to South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economy, where he had ...

At least 17 soldiers from Malawi and South Africa have been killed in DR Congo. The finance minister's decision to push ahead with tax hikes puts him at odds with coalition partners. Which sides ...

After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two civil wars. The second Sudanese civil war lasted ...

South Africa’s antitrust watchdog penalized technology companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook for anti-competitive practices it said hurt local media ...

South America is in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, with the Equator running directly through the continent. The Tropic of Capricorn also runs through South America. The Pacific Ocean ...