The suspects were confronted by officers while "celebrating the death of a policeman."

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Samuel Dhol Ayuen fled South Sudan as a teenager.

Sudan on Thursday signed nine concession agreements for gold and copper mining with eight local and foreign companies, the state news agency SUNA said.

Uganda's president Yowreri Museveni on Friday introduced sweeping new anti-coronavirus measures including a ban on all vehicular movement except for essential workers to help curb a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic gripping the nation.

Gulf Arab states are unlikely to be deterred from dialogue to improve ties with Iran after a hardline judge won the presidency but their talks with Tehran might become tougher, analysts said.

A further 149 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 58,590.

A Federal court in Tampa on Friday granted Florida a preliminary injunction against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) decision to prevent an immediate resumption of cruise operations.

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Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has made a clarion call to all teachers to use the upcoming vaccination process to get inoculated in order to stabilise the education sector.

A Richards Bay surfer collapsed and died on Saturday morning after reporting that he was feeling ill.

The high court has thrown the book at a Western Cape couple for child murder, abuse and neglect.

A cash-in-transit heist suspect is recovering in a KwaZulu-Natal hospital after his alleged accomplices opened fire while fleeing the botched robbery attempt on Friday.

A KwaZulu-Natal traffic cop was killed by a suspected drunk driver while on duty in the northern parts of the province on Saturday.

All teachers will receive a Covid-19 vaccination by the time the winter school holiday begins, basic education minister Angie Motshekga said on Saturday.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will hold a media briefing to provide an update on the basic education sector's response to the impact of Covid-19 on schooling.

From life-sized Pharaonic busts to finely painted copies of their treasured grave goods, Egypt has inaugurated a factory dedicated to making high-quality replicas of ancient Egyptian artifacts, available to tourists for purchase.

Two police dogs were shot dead in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday. Now police in the province are appealing to the public to donate replacements.

A SA businessman has scored a R40m victory in court against the playboy vice-president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Nguema Obiang.

SA’s negotiations to secure the Sputnik V and Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines are “at an advanced stage” but, even if millions of doses are secured, they may not be the magic bullet needed to ramp up the rollout.

A health-screening programme in the uMkhanyakude district, northern KwaZulu-Natal, has found a high burden of undiagnosed or poorly controlled non-communicable diseases, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health.

Alphabet Inc's Google told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry standard method for classifying skin tones, which a growing chorus of technology researchers and dermatologists says is inadequate for assessing whether prod...

Iran's Foreign Minister said on Saturday that hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi was the country's new elected president and everyone would have to work with him from now on.

Drone footage shows boats, yachts and cargo ships anchored near Istanbul, Turkey, as a thick slimy layer of organic matter covers the sea water.

At least seven parachutists were killed and over a dozen injured after a twin-engine L-410 aircraft crashed in a forest in Russia's Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia, Russian media reported on Saturday.

Two executives of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, charged under a national security law, were denied bail on Saturday in a case that has drawn international condemnation and stoked fears over media freedoms in the financial hub.

Hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi leads Iran's presidential election, an interior ministry official said on Saturday, a day after millions of Iranians voted in a contest that critics boycotted over economic woes and political restrictions.

A senior public servant who was fired for her involvement in a series of expenses fiddles totalling more than R300,000 has failed in a last-ditch bid to get her job back.

An Eastern Cape man was hauled to court on Friday for his alleged role in a foiled cash heist at his workplace.