SOUTH AFRICA

An ingredient in chili peppers can help people feel full and potentially reduce overeating.

Leaders of the Khoisan community voiced their grievances, including discrimination for not being "black enough."

The double-amputee Olympian was sentenced to five years in prison for culpable homicide in October for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

A relative of the late South African president allegedly followed a 15-year-old girl into a restaurant's restroom and sexually assaulted her.

Kenyan Chief Justice Willy Mutanga said corrupt law enforcement officials have been deceiving the law and stealing billions of taxpayer revenues through a traffic scam.

The former Olympian will serve out the remainder of his sentence in a manor rumored to have 24 bedrooms, a pool and a private gym.

Items such as a package of noodles and a luggage tag were likely not from a Malaysia Airlines jet, but officials were glad people were looking. 

Families of those on board the missing plane have yet again raised doubts over Malaysia's handling of the search.

The Watch Tower church in Tanzania has reportedly banned its thousands of followers from voting in the country's Oct. 25 general elections.

The company faced major backlash after featuring an advertisement that read "Look like a girl...think like a man" in honor of National Women's Day.

None of the pipes with cocaine residue came from Shakespeare’s garden, but four of the pipes containing cannabis residue did.

At least two militants were killed in fighting with government forces, while seven suspected militants were detained. Reports suggest that a hostage situation has now ended.

The next host of "The Daily Show" is a relative newcomer to American audiences -- and will be carefully scrutinized when he takes over Sept. 28.

The Nigerian army cleared the bombs planted along a road in Borno state which led out from the northeastern town of Gwoza, Boko Haram's former headquarters.

A 115-year-old U.S. law aimed at preventing unlawful animal trafficking may be difficult to enforce in the case of an American hunter who killed a celebrated Zimbabwean lion.

Kim Jong Un will be presented an award that in the past went to Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. 

Zimbabwe has asked the U.S. to extradite Walter Palmer, the American dentist who killed Cecil the lion, and legal experts said it could happen.

Trophy hunting in Africa is a relished past time for many rich Americans who flock to the continent each year to hunt, and kill about 400 lions.

Craig Ison received serious injuries to his leg and arm after punching a shark that mauled him near New South Wales.

The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi set a world record for most expensive games, costing Russia about $38.93 billion — or about 10 percent of Russia's annual federal budget.

The retired Anglican archbishop was readmitted to a hospital in South Africa "after expressing renewed discomfort," his foundation said Tuesday.