International

More than 30 people have been killed in a shooting at a mine in South Africa’s North West province, the country’s police minister says.

The United Nations has ordered the end of its observer mission in Syria, and said that it would withdraw its staff within the next few days.

The verdict in the murder trial of the wife of former high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai will be delivered on Monday, Chinese officials say.

The verdict in the murder trial of the wife of former high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai will be delivered on Monday, Chinese officials say.

South African police insisted Friday they only fired in self-defence in a clash with striking mineworkers in which 34 people died, the deadliest protest since the end of apartheid.

Policymakers from across Africa started a two-day meeting in Nairobi on Thursday to discuss the pivotal role that innovation will play in securing the continent’s economic transformation.