A South African judge on Wednesday handed down judgment in a murder case of a white supremacist, a trial that all but divided the nation along racial lines.

A United Nations High Commission for Human Rights top official, on a weeklong trip to Zimbabwe, could end the visit with a fraudulent account on the human rights situation, civil society has claimed.



Thousands of South Sudanese are fleeing Sudan, some of them leaving their possessions behind, as they fear an escalation of tension between the two uneasy neighbours, posing a logistic nightmare for authorities.

The battle between the church and politicians in Uganda is getting hotter, amid revelations that the government was plotting an elaborate sting attack on religious leaders.

Ten suspected Al Qaeda members were on Tuesday been charged for plotting to carry out terror attacks in Ethiopia.

A Zimbabwean senator has given a bizarre prescription to the country's high HIV prevalence rate.

A programme to promote marriages among divorcees, widows and widowers in the Muslim community to ensure stable families has been launched in northern Nigeria.