A landmark inquiry into whether South Africa’s post-apartheid governments obstructed investigations of apartheid-era crimes was abruptly postponed on its opening day Monday, delayed by a legal challenge against one of the inquiry’s own lawyers.

According to Statistics South Africa, the official jobless rate fell to 31.9% between July and September, from 33.2% in the previous quarter.

CHADEMA vice-chairman John Heche was among the four released on bail. He had been arrested on October 22 and questioned by police on suspicion of terrorism, according to his lawyer

The Blues arrived at Clairefontaine training centre on Monday ahead of their game against Ukraine this week.

The United Nations issued a stark warning Monday about the growing global threat from illicit firearms, revealing that more than one billion illegal weapons are now in circulation worldwide and are becoming increasingly sophisticated through digital manufacturing and arms embargo violations.

This follows Donald Trump’s announcement no US officials will attend the G20 summit in South Africa this month.

United Nations climate negotiations opened Monday on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, with host leaders invoking Indigenous concepts of collective action to push for accelerated progress, even as the absence of high-level U.S. negotiators underscored deep geopolitical divisions.

Authorities from Somaliland said individuals holding Somalia-issued travel documents would be denied entry.

The more than 130 gold and bronze items were taken from Ghana between the 1870s and early 20th century.

Tens of thousands of Africans are back home with help from the International Organization for Migration’s voluntary return programme.

Protesters in Nigeria have disrupted this week’s opening of a major museum of West African art, where local disputes over the world-renowned Benin Bronzes have already kept them from being put on display.

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and Noureddin Bongo Valentin are among 13 people facing charges including embezzlement of public funds and active corruption.

Armed men in Mali killed a TikTok influencer who had posted videos in support of the West African nation’s military, authorities said Monday.

Hannibal Gaddafi paid a $900,000 bail, ending his 10-year detention for allegedly withholding information about a missing Lebanese cleric.

Footage from the Saudi Arabian TV channel Al Arabiya showed the extent of the damage in El Fasher.

Nearly 63 million eligible voters are going to cast ballots to choose 568 members of the House of Representatives in two phases

Suzannah Mirghani’s film received the Golden Alexander, the festival’s highest honor

Some fuel stations in Mali ‘s capital opened Monday for the first time since an al-Qaida affiliate imposed a fuel blockade on the West African nation, as supply convoys made their way through the landlocked nation while under fire

Junta leader Doumbouya cleared to run in Guinea’s presidential election

Gaza is currently grappling with a severe environmental and humanitarian crisis due to the ongoing blockade that prevents sanitation crews from accessing the eastern areas of the city, where the main waste disposal sites are located.

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, has pleaded not guilty to charges of inciting violence during the devastating riots that took place in July 2021.

A Paris appeals court ruled former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from prison on Monday afternoon and placed under judicial supervision, less than three weeks after he began serving a five-year sentence over a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya

The Dakar en Jeux Festival brought together thousands of people across the Dakar 2026 host sites to celebrate youth, sport and culture, rounding off a week of activities marking one year to go to the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Dakar 2026

Speaking at a rally, the Nigerien leader accused Benin of hosting foreign troops.

Football icon George Weah has called on fans to join the fight to rid football of racism. The former Liberian president and former international player was speaking at a two-day session of the FIFA Players’ Voice Panel in Rabat.

The Ministry of Culture hailed this find as a “unique testimony to the richness of the Punic-Carthaginian heritage”.

Al Ahly confirmed its dominance of Egyptian football on Sunday with a resounding 2-0 victory over historic rivals Zamalek in the country’s Super Cup final, thanks to goals from Achraf Bencharki and Marwan Attia

The chairperson of the Commission expressed “deep concern over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Mali.”

Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency has arrested a 40-year-old man described as a “notorious drug lord” at Lagos’ Murtala Mohammed International Airport as he prepared to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Umrah.

Jacaranda trees have become a symbol of spring in South Africa’s Gauteng province.

Issues related to poverty, unemployment or access to education remain widespread in Angola.

The opposition leader accused the government of “state gangsterism and state terrorism.”

Australia runs training exercise for infectious disease response

Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled to overcrowded camps to escape reported atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces since it captured el-Fasher in the western Darfur region, an aid group said Saturday.

Authorities in Tanzania have charged hundreds of people with treason over demonstrations around disputed polls last month, in a major escalation of political tension as the country reels from violence in which an unknown number of people were killed.

Waste cleared from a Johannesburg river is being transformed into art as part of a new river rejuvenation project. About 150 kilometres of the South African city’s rivers are being rehabilitated, and along one three kilometre stretch, waste is being up-cycled in unique ways.

World champion South Africa overcame a red card and a halftime deficit to beat France 32-17 and hand Les Tricolores yet another stinging defeat.

More than a week after Hurricane Melissa struck Haiti, residents of Petit-Goâve are still struggling to rebuild after losing lives and property.

Galamsey, the rampant mining that is practiced around the country, has wreaked havoc on the river, contaminating significant portions with cyanide and mercury.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) issued a dire warning on Thursday, revealing that three million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo now face emergency levels of hunger, a figure that has nearly doubled in the past year amid relentless conflict and a severe funding crisis.