is spread by infected blackflies in rural areas along rivers and lakes. Niger is the first African country and fifth worldwide to eliminate the parasitic infection. Niger became the first African ...

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Al Jazeera’s Hatu Mutasa reports from Stilfontein, South Africa, as rescue workers bring trapped miners to the surface.

“We will not be bullied,” South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa emphatically told his nation’s Parliament on Thursday. “We are witnessing the rise of nationalism ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday. “In the process, the Preside ...

Keanu Ferreira launched Ferreira Fresh, a South African fruit and vegetable supplier, in 2016 from the back of a hotel kitchen in Johannesburg. The founders of Ziweto Enterprises have capitalised on ...

US president has threatened to cut funding to South Africa over alleged land grabs. But what’s the truth of the matter?

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that flooded a South African mining town, killing three people.

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