The Latest Breaking News from Southern Africa

Southern Africa's diamond-rich nation of Botswana votes in general elections Wednesday, with the ruling party seeking to extend its nearly six-decade rule and hand a second term to President Mokgweetsi Masisi.

The Scottish Government is to provide £350,000 of support to thousands of households in southern Africa at “crisis point” after suffering the…

Over the past decades, heavy and more frequent rainfall and dry spells in southern Africa have caused loss and damage to agriculture, livestock, the energy sector, food security and nutrition.

Prince Harry's charity Sentebale convenes business leaders in Southern Africa to empower youth and address challenges.

Prince Harry’s latest philanthropic move will gather world business leaders and philanthropists to work towards fostering prosperity in Southern African communities

In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as escarpments interrupt the landscape, rising up by a kilometre or more. Taken aback by the dramatic scenery, I was struck by a question: how on Earth did it form?

About 68 million people in southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said.

Head of regional bloc SADC says 17 percent of people across region in need of aid amid climate change-fuelled drought.

Zimbabwe declares state of disaster due to severe drought in Southern Africa, seeking billion for humanitarian aid. Urgent appeals for assistance in Zam...

Southern Africa is home to 22,137 of the world’s 23,432 white and black African rhinos. But they’re facing grave threats because of a warming planet.

Unchecked border movement and poor sewage systems have a new partner in wreaking havoc: climate change