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Tra­di­tion­al med­i­cine plays an im­por­tant part in many African cul­tures, but in South Africa, some an­i­mal con­ser­va­tion­ists say en­dan­gered and threat­ened species – such as leop­ards – are be­ing used to make it.

Del­e­gates meet­ing in Ethiopia are hop­ing the idea of a uni­fied air­space across the en­tire con­ti­nent will fi­nal­ly take flight.

The deaths of 143 men­tal­ly dis­abled pa­tients, many from ne­glect, has shocked South Africa and fam­i­lies of the vic­tims say they will not rest un­til those re­spon­si­ble are be­hind bars.

Cyril Ramaphosa, the man like­ly to suc­ceed South African Pres­i­dent Ja­cob Zuma, laid out his vi­sion dur­ing his first ma­jor pub­lic ap­pear­ance since be­ing elect­ed pres­i­dent of the African Na­tion­al Con­gress.

Twen­ty-five years af­ter the end of apartheid, land re­mains one of the most di­vi­sive is­sues in South Africa.

Zim­bab­we’s new leader is ap­peal­ing to mil­lions of na­tion­als who fled eco­nom­ic and po­lit­i­cal prob­lems un­der Robert Mu­gabe to re­turn home and help re­build the na­tion.

Many hope his hum­ble roots will play a ma­jor part in bring­ing about eco­nom­ic re­forms that help the poor and bat­tle cor­rup­tion.

The African Na­tion­al Con­gress has seen its pop­u­lar­i­ty de­cline, par­tic­u­lar­ly among younger vot­ers, and deep di­vi­sions have emerged as the par­ty looks for a new leader.

South Africa’s gov­ern­ing African Na­tion­al Con­gress is meet­ing to choose a suc­ces­sor to Pres­i­dent Ja­cob Zuma as par­ty leader.

As Chris­tians in South Africa head to church on Sun­day, a Re­li­gious Rights Com­mis­sion is tak­ing steps to reg­u­late all places of wor­ship. It’s to stop what it calls the com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion of re­li­gion and oth­er dan­ger­ous prac­tices.