(Replaces reference to 'country' in lede and paragraph 2 in story from Jan 22) By David Gauthier-Villars DAVOS, Switzerland, ...

By David Gauthier-Villars DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The president of Somaliland was at the World Economic Forum this week to win international recognition for his country and pitch ...

South Africa’s government is facing backlash from the US and from within its own administration for hosting Iran’s navy.

By Johnnie Isaac EAST LONDON, South Africa, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of South African opposition politician ...

He also met his counterpart from Israel which has recognised the independence of the breakaway region.

The pattern of military cooperation in exchange for resources that originated in the Central African Republic and later ...

A South African court has dismissed an appeal by the country's heritage body to stop the sale and export of various artefacts ...

Yoweri Museveni, Paul Biya, and other leaders use tactics including elections to cement their long rule, experts say.

US President Donald Trump (centre), with President Paul Kagame (left) of Rwanda and President Felix Tshisekedi of the ...

As we have seen over the years, the alternative to elections is chaos, where there are no winners but death and destruction ...

South Africa has ordered a probe into whether the country's military disobeyed or ignored an ordered from president Cyril ...

Before the stealth bombers streaked through the Middle Eastern night, or the missiles rained down on suspected terrorists in ...