Strategies diverge as trafficking by gangs decimate elephant and rhino populations

Species named Homo naledi appeared to bury its dead

Regionally run court with mandate similar to ICC’s is ultimately desirable

Sudanese president accused in International Criminal Court warrant of Darfur war crimes

Fastest growing African economy is to debut on sovereign bond markets

Many of her stories dealt with South Africa’s segregated system under white-minority rule

Thousands throng streets to welcome beloved leader home writes Peter Murtagh in Qunu

South African government investigating Jantjie’s selection for Mandela memorial

Peter Murtagh reports from Pretoria on one man’s pilgrimage for Nelson Mandela

Transport strategy for 2010 World Cup to be implemented to ferry public to stadium

Events also to include national day of prayer, official memorial service and state funeral

Farewell to ‘Madiba’ likely to be one of the biggest and most watched events in African history

Scores of passengers injured after incident involving truck in Mpumalanga province

Deal to make Irish company South Africa’s biggest renewable energy developer

‘I’m less anxious than I was a week ago,’ Graca Machel tells Johannesburg radio

Denial follows claim that the former president was on a life-support machine

Just months after his release from prison in South Africa, Nelson Mandela visited Ireland in July 1990. The following is the full text of his address to Dáil Éireann

Government employee pension fund to get 25% of operation if sale goes through

‘Thatcher an example to our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can't be shattered’

Allegations emerge that Central African Republic troops turned on their South African trainers