After crisis talks with Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki says the president is committed to security agreements with South Sudan.

South Africa is to opens its first theatre in a township – Soweto – once home to former President Nelson Mandela.

John Carlos is proud of the demonstration he and fellow African American athlete Tommie Smith made at the Mexico City Games in 1968.

Can South Africa overcome prejudice to attract gay tourists?

President Joyce Banda says she wants Malawi to overturn its ban on homosexual acts – the first African country to do so since 1994.

US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security in Africa ahead of a G-8 summit near Washington.

Somerset bring in world-record breaking South Africa batsman Richard Levi for their Twenty20 campaign.

A painting showing President Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out sparks the anger of South Africa’s ANC, which says it will go to court.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Sudan to try to restart talks between Sudan and South Sudan after heavy fighting last month.

The first wave of a West African peacekeeping force lands in Guinea-Bissau to try to bring stability after last month’s military coup.