The Dallas Zoo alerted police to an "unusual" death of an endangered vulture in their Wilds of Africa habitat over the weekend, about one week after a clouded leopard escaped through a "suspicious opening."
South Africa has signed an agreement with India to reintroduce dozens of cheetahs to the South Asian country after eight of the big cats were sent from neighboring Namibia in 2022.
Eight people were killed and three wounded after two gunmen entered a home and opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday at a home in South Africa on Sunday evening, according to the South African police service (SAPS).
Last year, South Africa saw power blackouts on more than 200 days. The disruptive energy crisis is putting everyday life as well as the hopes and dreams of millions at risk. CNN's David McKenzie reports.
"He is getting excellent care now in a private hospital, and I don't know when he's coming home," the former reality star's mom shared on social media.
Russia seems to be outmaneuvering the United States in Africa. In recent days, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underscored that stark reality as he wined and dined his way through a tour of four African capitals.
When plans for the South African government's tourism board to sponsor English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur were leaked and then confirmed last week, they caused widespread public anger.
US Africa Command has said it killed 12 al-Shabaab fighters in a remote area of Somalia on Friday in support of that country's federal government and army.
A head-on collision between a bus and a cash-in-transit van left 20 people dead on Monday on a major road in South Africa's northern Limpopo province, with dozens taken to hospital, transport officials and emergency medical company said.
Russia's Admiral Gorshkov frigate, armed with Zircon hypersonic missiles has docked in Cape Town, South Africa ahead of joint military drills with South Africa, Russia and China, Cape town's Russian Consulate said on Monday.
A least nine people have been died from the first-ever Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea, prompting WHO officials to meet to discuss progress on vaccine and treatment candidates.
A US strike in Somalia killed five al-Shabaab fighters on Wednesday, US Africa Command said in a statement. The strike was carried out at the request of the Somali government and was a "collective self-defense strike," according to AFRICOM.
In the Mediterranean, it's called "Sirocco," and in the Canary Islands, "La Calima," while it goes by "Harmattan" in West Africa, and "Haboob" in Sudan. But these varied names all describe the same thing: dust storms.