SOUTH AFRICA

Margaret Thatcher remains a divisive figure, even in death.

A $10 Starbucks latte? That's how much it would be in Oslo. A $2 pack of cigarettes? Go to South Africa.

The BRICS nations, along with dozens of other developing countries have been dumping their foreign exchange holdings of the euro.

South African network DStv aired an obituary for Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, but the iconic leader wasn't dead.

Syrian Pres. al-Assad has called on BRICS nations for support as international pressure from the U.S., its allies and other Arab nations mounts.

A South African military helicopter patrolling the Kruger National Park Saturday crashed, killing five air force members.

Monusco, a U.N. peacekeeping force in the DR Congo, will now include an intervention brigade with offensive combat capabilities.

President Putin ordered massive military drills at 4 a.m. Moscow time in the Black Sea on Thursday, sending a signal to the West that Russia's not going anywhere.

Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former president, has been re-admitted to a military hospital in Pretoria.

China and Brazil agreed to trade in each other's currencies in the amount of $30 billion per year over the next three years.

These five nations trade goods worth $282 billion a year with each other, and they want their own IMF and World Bank.

The leader of Seleka rebels who gained control of Bangui said Tuesday that he is suspending the constitution.

A Canadian vacationer in South Africa captured video of a newly married man almost killed by a shark while diving.

The new president of China's first visit to another continent is to Africa. The country: resource-rich Tanzania.

Egypt and India have little in common, but a closer relationship could propel surprising growth for both countries.

Swaziland has failed to produce enough food to feed itself for the past four decades.

South African Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier apologized for saying that child abusers should not be treated like criminals.

To mark the two-year anniversary of Syria's civil war that began on March 15, 2011, here’s a look at some of the conflict's statistics.

A roundup of front page headlines around the world heralding the announcement that Jorge Bergoglio would be Pope Francis.

Corruption cost Africa hundreds of billions in the last decade, a study shows, depriving the poorest continent of capital sorely needed for development.

At sunset, the sun's low position makes light travel on a longer path, scattering blue and green away from our vision.