SOUTH AFRICA

The country's leaders, the church group charged, have "largely lost their moral compass.”

Intelligence experts say the U.S. will lose its clout by 2030, but that won't be just bad news for Americans.

As Nelson Mandela spent his second day in a Pretoria hospital Sunday, South Africans prayed for his recovery and the government told people not to worry.

Former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, has been hospitalized in a military hospital in Pretoria, undergoing a series of unspecified tests. Mandela, the nation’s first black president, has been in the hospital since early Saturday.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe seized the farm of late politician Ian Smith and called for black business ownership ahead of elections.

The United States is likely to give India, South Korea, Turkey and other nations another six-month reprieve Friday from financial sanctions because they have cut their oil purchases from Iran.

Just one day after announcing the iPhone 5 in 54 new countries, Apple released the iTunes Store in 56 countries around the world on Tuesday, including Russia, India and South Africa.

White farmers are more than twice as likely as policemen to be murdered in South Africa.

Designing an HIV vaccine is difficult, due to the wily nature of the virus. But certain antibodies could help prevent AIDS effectively.

Uganda was once Africa's greatest success story in the fight against HIV/AIDS, but a recent rise in infections calls for a new plan.

About 200,000-300,000 Nigerians die annually from the disease, leading to a reduction in average life expectancy to only 52 years.

Lofty goals have been set by the World Health Organization for World AIDS Day 2012 to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS on Dec. 1.

South Africa holds the dubious distinction of having the most people afflicted with the deadly virus.

A South African court has ruled that the government deliberately delayed a decision to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday celebrations in 2011.

When the first Fastjet flight took off Thursday from its base in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, it ushered in a new age of budget travel for Sub-Saharan Africa. But can it last?

Infoblox Inc, Gold Fields, Rio Tinto, Nokia Corp, Transocean Ltd, BHP Billiton, ASML Holding, Frontline and Retalix Ltd. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.

The highly anticipated showdown on the status of the Palestinian Territories takes place Thursday at the U.N.

South Africa is gearing up for an African National Congress (ANC) conference in Mangaung that may not amount to many changes -- for now.

Prospects for global economic growth are diminishing, the OECD said Tuesday.

Australian author Bryce Courtenay, who took up writing relatively late in his life and had his first book acquired for $1 million, died Thursday of stomach cancer. He was 79.

Ellinah Ntombi Wamukoya became the first female Anglican bishop in Africa.