Ben Farmer

Paramilitary force makes announcement following international outcry over alleged genocide

Residents of the once economically-strong Johannesburg are facing squalor, lawlessness, corruption and the collapse of services

After ‘Gen Z protests’ elite army unit deposes president it put in power in 2009

Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa found outside Hyatt Hotel after being reported missing on Monday

The presence of hundreds of South American fighters in the Sudanese desert adds another unexpected international element to the conflict

Alabuga Start programme has repeatedly been accused of being a front for Vladimir Putin’s battle machine

The country has been on high alert since the first suspected case of the deadly haemorrhagic fever was detected in August

The Mercator projection, in use since the 16th century, makes the continent look comparatively small

Scheme to clear Palestinians from the Strip prompts allegations of ethnic cleansing

As many as 400 ‘Desert Wolves’ seen inside Darfur’s Zamzam camp, centre of the humanitarian crisis engulfing the war-torn country