Eight people have been arrested in connection with the murder of an elderly woman and her four grandchildren in Ngqeleni Sibubudu village, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday. “Police arrested four people yesterday [Monday] and arrested another...

Jacob Zuma, the polygamous president of South Africa, is to gain his third first lady in a traditional Zulu wedding on Monday. Zuma, 67, will marry Tobeka Madiba in a private family ceremony at his homestead in rural KwaZulu-Natal province, the...

Soaring food prices, supply fears among import-dependent countries and rising demand for biofuels have driven up investment in agricultural land, notably in Africa. The meltdown in financial markets has slowed some of these flows, but some analysts say...

The biodiversity in the Albertine Rift is under greater threat now than ever before due to global economic trends, conflicts and other political and social situations. Over the last ten years we witnessed recognition of this important biodiversity in...