Moscow boosts its military presence in Africa’s troubled Sahel region, while the US comes under pressure to withdraw its troops.

ANC government warns Washington against punishing it for having good relations with totalitarian regimes, saying the U.S. needs South Africa’s minerals.

South Africans, desperate to emigrate because of crime, unemployment, and poor service delivery, are applying for asylum elsewhere, including the US and Europe.

Investigators say speaker of parliament took bribes in exchange for awarding lucrative military contracts.

China’s influence over the lives of Africa’s 1.5 billion people is now so broad it includes food production, resource mining, and military leadership schools.

Moscow is using arts, education, religion and science as strategic tools to increase influence across Africa.

South African banks, telecoms group allegedly financed terrorists who killed American servicemen and women in Middle East.

Democratic Alliance has asked Washington for help, concerned that China, Russia, and Iran could meddle with May vote.

Fresh penalties are designed to put financial squeeze on officials, including the president and his wife, as key China ally lurches from crisis to crisis.