The Duchess of Edinburgh watched Congo’s most famous surgeon operate on a five-year-old, just one of thousands of rape victims in the country

Helen Zille wants to end 30 years of ANC rule in the country’s largest city, where she was born

Violence has broken out in several cities during rallies for healthcare and jobs while money goes into stadiums for the tournament

Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa is believed to have jumped from a window on the 22nd floor of the Hyatt Regency in Paris

Botswana’s economy has become dependent on diamonds, but the industry is suffering as demand from China drops and lab-grown stones become popular

The elephant, which rangers believe was protecting her young, charged at safari-goers — then another knocked people into crocodile-filled waters

Tradition and a gentle pace of life are being pushed to the periphery as the prime minister’s ambitions usher in a construction boom in the Ethiopian capital

The taxi app is offering three-hour wildlife sightseeing drives from Nairobi, prompting concerns about the risks posed by ‘selfie safaris’

Farmers claim the government failed to hold the dam’s Chinese operator to account for the leak of 1.5 million tonnes of dangerous chemicals

The artefact, which belonged to the pharaoh Amenemope, vanished from a safe in the Egyptian Museum during preparations for an exhibition in Rome