Three passengers died from hantavirus after a cruise. The World Health Organization believes the outbreak will be limited if precautions ar...

Tragedy struck near Johannesburg as unknown gunmen opened fire in Bekkersdal. Ten people lost their lives in the brutal attack. Another ten...

A horrific mass shooting at an unlicensed bar in South Africa's Saulsville township has claimed at least 11 lives, including three young ch...

Nigeria faces mounting security fears after a second mass school abduction. Over 300 students and teachers were taken from St Mary's school...

The Port Elizabeth pitch had a bit of uneven bounce on it, particularly in the first innings, but the Paarl deck often offers true bounce a...

India seeks a strong start from openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and B Sai Sudharsan to clinch their second ODI series victory in South Africa. Whil...

African Parks, a conservation charity, has acquired the largest private collection of rhinos in the world, the Platinum Rhino farm, with pl...

The first batch of 12 cheetahs are expected to reach India from South Africa next month as part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the ...

The August 15 ceremony is particularly significant this year as it marks the 75th anniversary of India's independence, with the government ...

Hunger and anger are building in Lagos and other major African cities with little or no social safety net to protect the poor from the econ...

Health experts warned of the devastation the deadly virus could cause in Africa, where most hospitals are desperately short of equipment an...

Gandhi had the challenge of mobilising large numbers of docile Indians into a sustained movement, communicating with millions of illiterate...

Breast cancer awareness is an obvious association, but story of an Olympian & an Indian equipment maker goes deeper than that.

Demand from carmakers, the biggest consumer of the metal, will increase 0.5% in 2013, Barclays says. Investors are buying platinum at the f...

South African police killed 34 striking workers at Lonmin Plc's Marikana platinum-mining complex on Thursday.

An eight-year-old Dutch boy was the sole survivor when a Libyan plane arriving from South Africa exploded on landing at Tripoli airport on ...

Bharti and MTN agreed to hold talks till July 31, '09. This gives both cos about two months to finalise deal and also ensures that rivals c...