Violence linked to Boko Haram’s insurgency in northern and central Nigeria, including killings by security forces, is believed to have left more than 2,800 people dead since 2009.

On Oct. 20, 1979, at the height of apartheid in South Africa, the African-American John Tate and the white Afrikaner Gerrie Coetzee fought in a heavyweight title fight.

The United Nations Security Council said Friday that it intended to impose sanctions on the leaders of the M23 rebel movement and others in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The United Nations Security Council said Friday that it intended to impose sanctions on the leaders of the M23 rebel movement and others in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

President Jacob Zuma moves to stem mounting criticism over labor unrest as well as persistent poverty and low wages in South Africa.

President Jacob Zuma moves to stem mounting criticism over labor unrest as well as persistent poverty and low wages in South Africa.