Jurgen Kantner had appealed for help twice in short video messages, saying he would be killed if ransom was not paid. Philippines flag. Picture: Pixabay. Germany · Hostage · Phillipines · Abu Sayyaf. Email; Print ...

Adama Barrow pledged to introduce free primary education & said government will start to encourage investment in other sectors. Gambian president Adama Barrow. Picture: AFP. Gambia · Adama Barrow · Yahya Jammeh. Email; Print; Tweet ...

Amidst unprecedented security measures, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma delivered his tenth State of the Nation Address on 9 February 2017. We fact-checked his speech. ENERGY. CLAIM: To date, nearly 7 million households have been connected to ...

President Jacob Zuma has deployed 441 soldiers to help police maintain law & order as he opens Parliament on Thursday. FILE: President Jacob Zuma. Picture: GCIS. President Jacob Zuma · 2017 SONA · Sona 2017 · #Sona2017 · President Jacob Zuma ...

Moussa Faki Mahamat beat Kenya's top diplomat Amina Mohamed to secure the post as head of the commission of the AU. African Union Logo. Picure: Summits.su.int. African Union · Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma · Morocco · Chad. Email; Print ...

African leaders have moved behind closed doors preparing for the opening of their summit in Addis Ababa. A view of African dignitaries at the 28th AU summit underway at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia. Picture: GCIS. African Union. Email ...

Adama Barrow won a 1 December election and long-ruling Jammeh conceded defeat but then changed his mind. Gambians celebrate opposition candidate Adama Barrow's victory in the country's presidential elections. Picture: AFP. Gambia · President ...

JOHANNESBURG – Ghanaian media is reporting that Orlando Pirates defender Edwin Gyimah was involved in a car accident in the early hours of Monday. According to Ghana's soccer news website, GhanaSoccerNet.com, Gyimah was driving with a female ...

The military said it had brought the return of safety and security to the city of Aleppo, ending four years of rebel resistance. Syrian children, who were evacuated from the last rebel-held pockets of Syria's northen city of Aleppo, flash the sign of ...

A nationwide manhunt for Anis Amri is underway following a deadly attack in the Berlin Christmas market. FILE: A handout portrait released by German Federal Police Office (BKA) on 21 December 2016 showing Anis Amri. Picture: AFP. Terror attacks ...

The blast occurred as the bus passed by a car believed to be packed with explosives. FILE: Turkish special force police officers patrol the streets of Istanbul. Picture: AFP. Turkey · Turkey blast · Turkish police · Turkish military. Email; Print ...

Dlamini-Zuma says she's pleased Ghanaians exercised their democratic rights and has also applauded the country's electoral commission. Ghana's president elect Nana Akufo-Addo. Picture: AFP. African Union · Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma · Nana Akufo-Addo.

Thabo Mbeki is taking over from Judge Bernard Ngoepe who served at the university for 15 years. Former President Thabo Mbeki. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN. Thabo Mbeki · Unisa · Unisa Chancellor. Email; Print ...

Thabo Mbeki is taking over from Judge Bernard Ngoepe who served at the university for 15 years. Former President Thabo Mbeki. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN. Thabo Mbeki · Unisa · Unisa Chancellor. Email; Print ...

Thabo Mbeki is taking over from Judge Bernard Ngoepe who served at the university for 15 years. Former President Thabo Mbeki. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN. Thabo Mbeki · Unisa · Unisa Chancellor. Email; Print ...

This will be the first time Zuma is expected to speak in public after calls for South Africans to hold silent protests wherever he speaks. President Jacob Zuma will address crowds at this year's commemoration of the International Day for the ...

Mahama bemoaned that refugees trying to make a better life for themselves were being made the scapegoats. Ghanaian President John Mahama. Picture: ghanagov.gh. Ghana · Ghana president · John Mahama · Ghana presedential elections. Ghana,Ghana ...

JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC) says Parliament has a duty to protect its dignity and therefore must be less tolerant of deviant behaviour. ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe held a briefing following the party's National ...

The DA leader said today's victory is hugely significant in that it paves the way for the next step. DA leader Helen Zille stands outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria with the so-called Zuma spy tapes on 4 September, 2014. Picture: Vumani ...

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled the NPA must hand over the Zuma spy tapes to the DA. President Jacob Zuma addresses the Youth during National Youth Day Commemoration held at Madadeni,Newcastle. President Jacob Zuma. Picture: GCIS.