Every year teams in the National Basketball Association get to add new players to their ranks by participating in the...

The ten countries that make up Southern Africa boast of a wide variety of beautiful natural features and historic sites...

Big Brother Africa (BBA), the biggest reality show on the continent, has been especially scandalous this season. BBA follows 28...

US State Department reported in April 2013 that there has not been a successful pirate attack in the Gulf Aden...

Land-grabbing is a practice whereby wealthier nations poach land from poorer ones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)...

Nelson Mandela dances what South Africans call the "Madiba shuffle" during a public event.

Nelson Mandela cutting a birthday cake with his family.

From left, Maila, Sasha and Michelle Obama with Nelson Mandela during a visit to South Africa by the American first...

Nelson Mandela briefs the United Nations Security Council on his work as a peace facilitator in Burundi. Behind him is...

After 27 years in prison, and four months after other top African National Congress leaders were released, Nelson Mandela walked...