SOUTH AFRICA

An AU summit Friday could result in an unprecedented mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court.

Under the Indian Penal Code, “outraging the modesty of a woman” is considered a rather serious crime.

A new study suggests elephants can interpret human pointing gestures correctly.

Ventures Africa wrote “Move over, Oprah!” in their latest issue, and named at least 55 Africans who are worth more than $143 billion each.

Twitter's losses seem to be growing even as the company's revenue is rising.

The lesser-understood precious metal stands to gain whether the global economy recovers or falters, says one industry expert.

They've had five years to prepare for the end of quantitative easing. So what will happen to emerging economies when tapering begins?

The company hopes to build up a market among Africa's subsistence farming communities.

Kenya laid out reasons why travel warnings would only make a bad situation worse, but that didn’t stop the U.S. from issuing one.

Platinum miners in South Africa face layoffs as one of the largest mining companies looks to cut its payroll.

Ciclopirox proved effective at eradicated HIV from laboratory cell cultures in a new study.

Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana and Zambia are among the African nations adjusting to the continent's surge in Islamic banking.

Africa's richest man builds the continent's largest high-energy food processing plant. It could help Nigeria move away from oil dependency.

A new report from the IMF outlines the untapped potential of a worldwide female labor force that still isn't going to work.

It will apparently take more than one terror attack to scare away foreign equity investors.

Strong automobile maker demand should boost the 2 metals over the next year, as they stand to outperform other commodities.

Kenya was already facing political, economic and social challenges before this weekend's tragedy.

Nyaope has become an integral part of many township-dwellers’ daily lives.

Samsung Mobile's South African Twitter account confirmed a tweet yesterday that said the Korean handset maker's Galaxy devices will have a three-month exclusive on BBM for Android, but BlackBerry has denied the claim.

Will this be Africa's breakout investment decade? The Africa Angel List is holding a networking event in Johannesburg this month.

While climate change has taken center stage, carbon intensive coal-fired plants have been increasing capacity.