The happy couple: The South African polygamist president, 70, and his newest wife address guest at their wedding South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma has wed his fourth wife in a traditional ceremony at his rural home, his office confirmed. The polygamist premier, 70, married Gloria ‘Bongi’ Ngema in a customary service which started at around 6am yesterday. The Zulu statesman’s... 

More than 1,000 South Sudanese soldiers have been killed in the disputed oil-rich Heglig, following a fresh bombing raid by Sudanese warplanes. Reports say the number of dead bodies is so high and it is difficult to give an accurate estimation. Kamal Marouf, the Sudanese armed forces commander put the number of deaths at 1200. “The numbers of killed from SPLM are 1,200,” AFP quoted Marouf... 

Leader of the recent military coup d’état in Mali Amadou Haya Sanogo (C) among his fellow soldiers in the capital city of Bamako, March 22, 2012 Tuareg rebels say they have gained control of Mali’s strategically important town of Timbuktu in the north as the coup leader pledges to bring back order to the country. The rebels announced in a statement that they have “control of the entire region”... 

Mysterious disease that affects children devastates northeastern Uganda. Health officials have been researching the possible causes of the disease since 2009, without success… Nancy Lamwaka has bruises all over her body because she lost the ability to recognize danger. Most mornings, Michael Odongkara takes his daughter out of the house and ties the girl’s ankle to a tree. It is not something... 

Ethnic clashes have left up to 200 dead in South Sudan. At least 200 people have been killed and hundreds more have been wounded in South Sudan in the latest series of fierce ethnic clashes and cattle raids. Hundreds more are missing as a result of the attacks in the state of Jonglei, which has been said to be reprisals for a wave of cattle raids and ethnic clashes. “The people killed are around... 

A plume of smoke can be seen over Brazzaville on March 4, 2012. At least 206 people have been killed and hundreds have been wounded in a series of powerful explosions in a weapons depot in the Republic of the Congo, an official says. The blasts occurred in the capital Brazzaville on Sunday morning. “According to sources at the central hospital we’re talking of around 206 dead and many injured,”... 

A shocking video has appeared on the Internet showing Libyan rebels torturing a group of black Africans. People with their hands bound are shown being locked in a zoo-like cage and allegedly forced to eat the old Libyan flag. ­“Eat the flag, you dog. Patience you dog, patience. God is Great,” screams a voice off-camera in the video uploaded to YouTube by user MLAktion on 23 Feb 2012, and also... 

President Robert Mugabe, his unity government with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai struggling to restore basic services and social amenities. A typhoid outbreak that began in Harare last year is steadily spreading across Zimbabwe with more than 3 000 cases reported although only one death due to the disease has been reported so far, health officials have said. New infections have in recent months... 

Soldiers from the Sudan People's Liberation Army during a military parade rehearsal in Juba, southern Sudan on July 5, 2011 Sudan says it will retaliate against South Sudan for backing a rebel attack inside the former’s territory, which it calls a violation of a memorandum on non-aggression and cooperation signed earlier in the month. Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that militants... 

Members of Somalia's al-Shabab militant group parade during a demonstration to announce their integration with al-Qaeda in Elasha town, south of the capital Mogadishu, on February 13, 2012. The Al-Qaeda-allied al-Shabab militant group is suspected of having killed at least 30 Kenyan civilians since Kenya’s government sent troops into southern Somalia to fight against the militants, Press TV reports. Kenyan... 

A juvenile Brookesia micra chameleon sits on the head of a match. Scientists say a chameleon species that has been recently discovered on a tiny island off Madagascar is the smallest of its kind ever found. A team of scientists has found four new chameleon species in northern Madagascar including Brookesia micra, which is small enough to easily perch on a match head. As one of the world’s smallest... 

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo One of the richest countries in Africa, Equatorial Guinea, is rapidly expanding its naval power. The fleet of the 600,000-strong country will be larger than that of 160 million-strong Nigeria. Is Africa preparing for a major war? In January of 2012, the Navy of Equatorial Guinea officially added to its ranks a 2,500-ton frigate Bata. It was built at the Bulgarian shipyards... 

President of the Somali Red Crescent Society has expressed gratitude to Iran for Tehran’s significant contribution of humanitarian aid to the famine-stricken African nation, Press TV reports. “[We are here] to express our appreciation and thanks to the Iranian Red Crescent for the assistance they have provided for the Somali people,” Ahmad Mohammad Hassan told Press TV after a meeting with... 

Senegalese demonstrators protest against the decision to allow President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term in Dakar on January 27, 2012. Senegalese police have clashed with demonstrators protesting against a constitutional court ruling that allows President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term in the upcoming presidential election. On Friday, police in Dakar used batons and tear gas to disperse... 

At least eight people have been killed after troops from the self-declared republic of Somaliland launched an attack on local militiamen in the Buhodle district, Press TV reports. The conflict erupted on Thursday as Somaliland forces launched an attack against bases of militia fighters, who have recently formed the new regional state of Khatumo, on the outskirts of Fool-Joogto village in the Buhodle...