461: St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, dies this day in 461, according to legend; his feast day is now celebrated widely ...

During the Rhodesian embargo it threatened BP and Shell directly in ... in Namibia that was key to the civil war in Angola. - Supplied up to 70 per cent of the fuel needs of the South African Air ...

In talking to leaders of African states to the north of South Africa’s border he redefined the Afrikaners as an African volk that was as rooted in the continent as any other nation, one that had ...

The war in Sudan appears to be reaching a critical juncture after nearly two years of fighting that has killed tens of ...

A long-simmering dispute between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group exploded into a full-blown civil war in April 2023. At ...

Two years into a civil war, troops recaptured the palace in Khartoum, routing a paramilitary foe. Civilians have been trapped ...

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, ...

Sudan, which has been in the grip of a two-year-old war between the army and a paramilitary group, has a history of civil ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark the 14th ...

The recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan doesn’t appear to have been motivated by political directives from the country ...

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...