South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Paris today for a three-day visit to France, accompanied by First Lady Tshepo Motsepe and a senior government delegation.
Footage shows Ramaphosa walking along a red carpet and greeting officials at the airport before leaving in a presidential motorcade.
Marine Le Pen returned to the campaign trail in La Fleche, western France, on Wednesday, a day after a Paris appeals court shortened her ban from public office and kept her 2027 presidential hopes alive.
As Southern Africa braces for the looming El Niño in the 2026/2027 farming season, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is applauding grassroots efforts in Zambia that could inspire resilience across the SADC region.
Botswana has approached Zimbabwe to establish an enhanced economic partnership, coinciding with Botswana's significant economic shift aimed at reducing its dependency on diamonds and exploring new avenues for growth.
The long-proposed dedicated Southern African Development Community (SADC) television channel is now at an advanced stage of being launched.
Today marks Venezuela's 215th Independence Day.
Religious denominations, led by Pastor Marson Sharpley of No Walls Apostolic House of God, gathered in Windhoek to pray for those who lost their lives in the Venezuela earthquake and for their bereaved families.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC continues to expand, with 1,406 confirmed cases and 438 deaths, as violence and mistrust threaten efforts to contain the virus.
Zambia has recorded four deaths following a measles outbreak.
The Western Province of Zambia, bordering Namibia, has been declared an epicentre of the outbreak.
The burial of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu remains uncertain, despite the South African Supreme Court of Appeal's judgement favouring the family over the government.
Hundreds of Nigerians returned to Lagos from South Africa on Tuesday on a government-backed evacuation flight, as anti-immigration protests demanding that foreign workers leave continue in parts of the country.
