South Africa's upcoming end-of-May elections will introduce a significant change to its voting process, incorporating a third ballot paper for the first time.
South Africa’s (SA) African National Congress (ANC) President, Cyril Ramaphosa, says that despite the challenges facing the ruling party, the ANC will emerge victorious on May 29 general elections.
The Nigerian army this Sunday rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country's north earlier this month, the military said, days before a deadline to pay a $690 000 ransom.
The Indian navy handed over 35 Somali pirates to the police in Mumbai this Saturday, after 100 days of anti-piracy operations east of the Red Sea, where piracy has resurfaced for the first time in nearly a decade.
Senegal goes to the polls this Sunday to vote for its fifth president in a delayed election being held against a turbulent political backdrop which has triggered violent anti-government protests and boosted support for the opposition.
Early results from Senegal's Presidential vote put opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, ahead, sending his supporters to celebrate in the streets.
Nigeria's army has rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in a dawn raid by armed men two weeks ago in northwest Sokoto State, the State Governor said this Saturday.
The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) has initiated an innovative outreach program, distributing specialised teen suicide prevention tool kits across schools nationwide.