Around 130,000 people are to be evacuated in flood-prone Mozambique because of rising waters in three main rivers.
Ongeveer 130 000 mense moet ontruim word uit gebiede van Mosambiek wat in vloedgevaar verkeer.
South Africa has appealed for calm following sectarian violence in Nigeria's northern Jos region. (Image may offend sensitive users)
Suid-Afrika het vir rustighied gepleit na honderde mense dood is tydens oproer in Nigerië se noorde. (Foto kan sensitiewe gebruikers steur)
A building housing Botswana president Ian Khama's office in Gabarone had to be evacuated on Wednesday morning when an explosive device was found near it, police said.
Die polisie sê hulle het 'n bom gekry naby die president van Botswana, Ian Khama, se kantoor.
At a rally Sunday in Harare, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said he would run in presidential elections expected next year.
Morgan Tsvangirai sê hy gaan staan vir president in Zimbabwe se verkiessing volgende jaar; teen Robert Mugabe wat verlede week sy bereidwilligheid verklaar het.
A cameraman who was among three members of a South African television crew abducted in Nigeria has fled to safety and is now in Lagos, an official from the M-Net channel says.
Een van die drie mans wat in Nigeria ontvoer is, het ontsnap, maar die Suid-Afrikaner, Nick Greyling, word steeds aangehou.
Zimbabwe's fragile recovery could be undermined by a new local ownership law that economists say will frighten off desperately needed foreign investment.
Zimbabwe se ekonomie gaan nog ‘n terugslag kry met die instelling van wetgewing wat buitelandse maatskappye verplig om 51% van hulle besigheid aan swart mense te gee.
President Barack Obama says he is extending US sanctions on Robert Mugabe's regime for another year, saying Zimbabwe's deep political crisis remained unresolved.
Die VSA het sanksies teen Zimbabwe met nog 'n jaar verleng en Barack Obama sê daar is nie 'n aanduiding dat die ekonomiese en politiese krisis in die land aangespreek word nie.
Swarms of Somali pirates are moving into the waters off East Africa, triggering four shootouts Friday including a skirmish with French military personnel that sunk a pirate skiff, officials said.
Groepe seerowers van Somalië beweeg na seeroetes aan die ooskus van Afrika en het in skermutselings met onderandere die Franse vloot betrokke geraak.
Gunmen have kidnapped three sports journalists working for SuperSport in the oil-rich and restive Niger Delta, a region that has seen a lull in violence because of a government amnesty program, a colleague said.
Drie joernaliste van SuperSport is in Nigerië ontvoer terwyl hulle besig was om verslag te doen oor sokkerwedstryde.
The Zimbabwean political stalemate is expected to top the agenda of President Jacob Zuma's meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street, London today.
Die probleme in Zimbabwe sal na verwagting die gesprek tussen President Jacob Zuma en die Eersteminister van Brittanje, Gordon Brown, domineer.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe defended Saturday new regulations to give locals majority share-holding in big corporations, saying they were meant to correct historical imbalances.
Zimbabwe se President, Robert Mugabe, het Saterdag die nuwe regulasies wat inboorlinge van dié land meerderheid aandeelhouding in groot besighede gee verdedig deur die sê dat dit bedoel is om historiese wanbalanse reg te stel.
