The medical manufacturing industry, which still only accounts for about 15% of the local market, is the focus of a government drive for investment.

A. Igoni Barrett is an icon for young black writers looking to find their own voice. With his new novel his crusade is to raise up popular fiction.

Leading child rights organisations in South Africa have asked the government to amend legislation to prohibit the use of spanking in the home.

A pride of 200 lions has been spotted at an Ethiopian nature reserve where it was previously believed that the wild cats had become extinct due to widespread poaching.

 Engineers are due to break ground on the world's first civilian cargo drone station in Rwanda in 2016.

As Guinea entered the final countdown to be classed Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in late 2015, scientists were already warning of new threats to the continent's fragile healthcare systems.

Zimbabwe is the most corrupt country in southern Africa, with neighbouring Botswana ranking as Africa's least corrupt country, the latest graft perception survey by Transparency International has revealed. South Africa's score remains unchanged.