Africa News

Southern African countries launch Free Trade Area

The 14 member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Sunday announced the launch of a Free Trade Area (FTA) to boost economic cooperation in the region.9:02 PM on August 17

Lethal drug-resistant TB spreads at alarming rate in South Africa

A drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB) is spreading at an alarming rate in South Africa and is threatening to overwhelm health services in neighbouring countries, a report in the country's Sunday Times said.5:00 PM on August 17

'Mohandas became Mahatma courtesy South African Indian community'

Mahatma Gandhi might have been a just a footnote in history if it were not for the support of the South African Indian community that brought him here as a young lawyer and got him started on his now legendary struggle against oppression, according to South African Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan.1:01 PM on August 17

'Thank you for giving us Mahatma Gandhi'

The suburb of Newtown here, once home to hundreds of South African Indians who were forcibly resettled under draconian apartheid laws, was awash with orange as India's Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni joined many local dignitaries in celebrating the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's historic march.9:30 AM on August 17

Centenary of Gandhi's historic march celebrated in South Africa

India's Culture and Tourism Minister Ambika Soni Saturday joined South African dignitaries in leading hundreds of people young and old to commemorate the centenary of a historic march undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi.11:30 PM on August 16

Mugabe attends SADC summit

A two-day summit of Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders focusing on the crisis in Zimbabwe got underway Saturday in Johannesburg, with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's attendance the subject of several protests.4:32 PM on August 16

South African minister lauds India's efforts in apartheid struggle

South African Minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan has lauded the pioneering efforts of India in the country's fight against apartheid. He also said India had emerged as a valuable business partner for South Africa and was playing a major role in the country as well as in the continent.4:02 PM on August 16

Gandhi in spotlight at I-Day function in South Africa

Mahatma Gandhi and his role in securing freedom for India and his fight for the rights of the South African people were the focus of the Indian Independence Day celebrations here Friday.8:32 PM on August 15

Nigeria hands over disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon

Nigeria Thursday officially handed over the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, ending a decades-long dispute that almost brought the two West African nations to war.10:30 PM on August 14

Zimbabwe opposition leader stopped from attending SADC summit

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was Thursday prevented from travelling to South Africa for a summit on Zimbabwe's political crisis after his travel documents were confiscated and he was detained at Harare airport, media reports said.7:31 PM on August 14

Six killed as Ethiopian troops fire on minibus in Somalia

Six civilians were killed and four wounded when Ethiopian troops opened fired on a minibus just south of this Somali capital, witnesses said Thursday.5:30 PM on August 14

ANC rejects call to revive Natal Indian Congress

The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has rejected calls by one of its stalwart Indian-origin veterans, Fatima Meer, that one of its strongest allies in the apartheid era, the Natal Indian Congress (NIC), be revived to counter disillusionment with the ANC within the South African Indian community.1:01 PM on August 14

Tsvangirai promises to continue talks with Zimbabwe's president

A day after storming out of talks on a power-sharing agreement, Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai assured his supporters he would continue to push for a deal with President Robert Mugabe.2:00 AM on August 14

Sudanese forces on major offensive: Darfur rebels

Rebels in Darfur said Wednesday that the Sudanese government had launched a major offensive against rebel strongholds in the north of the restive western Sudanese province.2:00 AM on August 14

Mugabe, MDC deny collapse of powersharing talks

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) moved quickly Tuesday to deny that their talks on a powersharing government in Harare had collapsed.8:02 AM on August 13