CAPE TOWN — Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan emphasized the urgent need to accelerate reform of the global trade system in response to shifting economic realities, during the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (...)
As millions of Europeans set off on their summer travels, new data reveals which airports are most likely to deliver a smooth journey – and which ones might test your patience.
AirHelp, a passenger rights organisation, has just released its annual (...)
Fears of crime and gang violence in the notorious townships on the outskirts of the South African city of Cape Town are forcing some parents to make difficult decisions to send their children on long daily commutes to former white-only (...)
A South African woman has been sentenced to life in prison for selling her 6-year-old daughter, who remains missing more than a year after her disappearance, in a case that has shocked the nation.
Kelly Smith, along with her boyfriend Jacquen (...)
The mother of a South African girl, who disappeared aged six more than a year ago, has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter.
Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were arrested after (...)
It was late at night on 10 December 1987 when prison officers had woken Mzolisi Dyasi in his cell in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.
He remembers the bumpy drive to a hospital morgue where he was asked to identify the bodies of his pregnant (...)
As a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle and himself a victim of the inequities of that racist system of government, Ebrahim Rasool was always unlikely to mince his words when it came to assessing the new US administration.
But in a message to (...)
New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to allow tourists to work remotely while visiting the country in an effort to boost its tourism sector.
Under the new rules, visitors can now carry out remote working for a foreign employer while (...)
The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced he will step down from his role following a damning report into a prolific child abuser associated with the Church of England.
The review found that Justin Welby, 68, "could and should" have reported John (...)
South Africa's parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African National Congress (ANC) and opposition parties.
The new government of national unity combines (...)
Early results from South Africa's election suggest the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party could lose its majority for the first time in 30 years.
With results in from 13% of polling stations at 10 a.m. local time, support for the ANC stood (...)
Inside a busy primary school classroom in the South Africa seaside town of Saldanha Bay, one chair is left empty.
This is where six-year-old Joshlin Smith sits — or sat until she went missing in February in a case that has gripped the attention of (...)
South Africa's battle-scarred former President Jacob Zuma is proving he still has a winning streak — recently scoring a hat-trick in the courtroom.
For the third time in the last month the 82-year-old has thwarted attempts to stop him, or his new (...)
South African footballer Luke Fleurs has been shot dead in a car hijacking, his team says.
The shooting took place at a petrol station on Wednesday night in the Johannesburg suburb of Florida.
The 24-year-old was waiting to be attended to when he (...)
Few political turnarounds can match the last month in Senegal.
Just over two weeks ago, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was a little-known opposition leader languishing in jail, detained without trial on charges including inciting insurrection, who had never (...)
Alejandro Gomez has been without proper running water for more than three months. Sometimes it comes on for an hour or two, but only a small trickle, barely enough to fill a couple of buckets. Then nothing for many days.
Gomez, who lives in Mexico (...)
On December 16, the JAECOO 7 media test drive event unfolded with grandeur at a lavish resort in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Distinguished leaders from the Ministry of Investment and the Chinese Embassy in Saudi Arabia graced the occasion, witnessing (...)
An accident at a platinum mine in South Africa has killed 11 workers and injured 75, the mine's operator says.
Impala Platinum chief executive Nico Muller described it as the "darkest day" in the the company's history.
The company said the accident (...)
A copy of the Holy Qur'an, neatly handwritten more than 200 years ago by an Indonesian imam who had been banished to the southern tip of Africa by Dutch colonizers — is the pride of Cape Town Muslims who jealously guard it at a mosque in the city's (...)
RIYADH — On behalf of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan is leading Saudi Arabia's delegation attending the BRICS Plus Dialogue and BRICS-Africa Outreach conference. The foreign minister (...)
The Ukrainian government has spotted an opportunity to strengthen its diplomatic ties in Africa as Russia tries to cling on to major allies there.
As the BRICS summit gets underway in Johannesburg this week, bringing together the main players of (...)
Russia fired missiles on Kyiv this morning, according to Ukrainian authorities, just as a delegation of African leaders arrived to promote a peace plan.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that at least one explosion had been heard in the capital. (...)
The Council of Ministers on Tuesday commended the agreement reached at the 35th ministerial meeting of the OPEC+ countries regarding the level of production for 2024 and the voluntary Saudi cuts in precautionary moves aimed at supporting oil market (...)
CAPE TOWN — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has said the Kingdom is the largest trading partner of the BRICS group in the Middle East.
He made the remarks during a ministerial meeting of the BRICS Friends in Cape Town on Friday. (...)
CAPE TOWN — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met on Friday with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Cape Town, on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of Friends of BRICS Group.
During the meeting, they discussed (...)
