The Port of East London was a hive of activity this weekend with residents coming from far and wide to learn more about the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially recognized Niger as the first country in Africa and the fifth globally to eliminate onchocerciasis (river blindness), marking a historic milestone in ...

In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday. Niger is “the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...

HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- Hempfield Area boys basketball coach Bill Swan has resigned from his position amid a school investigation after undisclosed allegations were made against him.

Social media users were left in tears after videos of desperate Zimbabweans crossing to South Africa through the crocodile-infested Limpopo River flooded online. In recent years, thousands of ...

Five of South Africa’s best-known companies, MultiChoice, the SABC, Cell C, the SA Post Office, and Stefanutti Stocks, are technically insolvent. A company is technically insolvent when its ...

The Akademia Afrikaans-only university in South Africa is looking forward to a boom year in 2025. Having shown remarkable growth over the last decade and a half since its inception, there are new ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep ...

With South Africa, Ethiopia and Egypt among its members, Brics offers African nations an opportunity to reduce reliance on Western financial systems and explore alternatives like trading in local ...

Geffroy is one of 1,000 or fewer trumpeter swans in eastern North America. A large swan with yellow tags on its wings was spotted on the Allegheny River near Warren. The swan, named Geffroy, was ...