Like many other communities in rural Africa the tiny hamlet of Hamburg, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape is fighting a life and death...

Two separate but distinctly connected events happened in October in Kenya and the USA. In fact, the historical parallels between them are...

Protesters hold "f"s in recognition of social network site Facebook's role in the North African revolts, during a protest by thousands...

So I got this in my email this morning… They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous...

After trumpeting his upcoming trip to Kenya and Uganda as an historic and political opportunity, the prime minister decided instead to...

BLANTYRE, Jan 18 – Malawi’s police have arrested a gang that had been terrorising trouser-wearing women in the capital Lilongwe by...

PLANO — A Plano man is in hot legal water after authorities accused him of entering into a fraudulent marriage in order to gain U.S....

Dikembe Mutombo played the final five seasons of his career with the Rockets. (Nick de la Torre/Chronicle) One-time NBA star Dikembe...

I got thinking about this question when trying to figure out if I knew any Kenyans in Sweden (long story). Now, there is a Swedish school...

At the end of this week, citizens of Somalia will lose one of their biggest sources of money. That is when a U.S. bank cuts off cash...

Kakuma Refugee Camp — As children they played hide-and-seek in their village. They told stories about the animals in the forest. They...

The study, that took five years to complete, researched the development of four pairs of countries: Nigeria/Indonesia, Kenya/ Malaysia,...

Coach Mohamed Sheekh gives instructions to his players during Somalia's game against Jordan on Monday, December 19. (CNN) — It’s just a...

A Nkulumane 5 man,Titus Ncube got the shock of his life after a commercial sex worker he allegedly called to his hotel room turned out to...

In this episode of Africa Investigates, Tanzanian journalist Richard Mgamba, albino community representative, Isaack Timothy, and...

A band plays during the funeral service for six victims of post-election violence in the western Kenyan town of Kisumu 21 January 2008....

If you want to become extremely wealthy over the next five years, and you have a basic grasp of technology, here’s a no-brainer: move to...

After raising themselves in the desert along with thousands of other “lost boys,” Sudanese refugees John, Daniel and Panther have found...

The woman, who is due to give birth next month, is devastated by the discovery that the father of her child is her brother. The couple,...

Video capture as Muammar Gaddafi is killed SIRTE, Libya — Deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi died of wounds suffered in his capture...