The Congress of the South African Trade Union (COSATU) in Gauteng has questioned the state of safety in Gauteng hospitals ...

Attacks in Nigeria’s troubled north-central state of Plateau have killed more than more than 100 people in just under two weeks. Plateau, on the dividing line between Nigeria’s mostly Muslim north and ...

A coalition of Nigerian professionals and political figures have petitioned the African Union, AU, over the recent declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. The group accused President ...

The Nigerian constitution grants the president the powers to declare a state of emergency but silent on suspension of a state governor.

Deon Terry, a pioneer in South Africa’s emergency medical services and a beloved figure in Ocean View, has died at the age of 58 after a courageous battle with stage 4 pancreatic and liver cancer.

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Critical issues such as the government’s overreliance on taxes and the deterioration of basic services threaten social unrest ...

In neighboring South Carolina, Governor Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency on Saturday to address the growing wildfire in Pickens County, known as the Table Rock Fire. The fire began on ...

South Africa’s government of national unity was built on a foundation of pragmatism. Failure would be bad for the country.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a former deputy finance minister as a special envoy to the United States after the ambassador was expelled last month ...

The interior ministry has declared a state of emergency, while South Korea's acting president has urged all-out efforts to extinguish the fire. Four people have died in a wildfire burning in South ...

has stated its desire to be treated by the U.S. as a state within a state in South Africa. This has led to often heated discussions about Afrikaners, and, up until now, no details from the U.S. side.