State broadcaster has been seized and loud explosions heard across Harare.

Sighting of armoured military vehicles near the Zimbabwe capital have heightened unease.

South Africa has enough magical experiences to last a lifetime writes Tracey Bond.

New book plots history of 10 Great War memorials and their soldiers.

Were they murdered or did they drown seeking a better life?

The currency is failing, the government is digging its heels in and tourists are few.

Two people have been arrested over the attack which left more than 300 dead, may missing.

Sick, delirious soldier thought to have fallen from ship unnoticed.

The British Airways flight attendant fired for a racist rant allegedly has previous form.

Roughly 50 teenage Somali and Ethiopian migrants were "deliberately drowned" off Yemen.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has survived a no-confidence motion against him.

Police on the border of Spain and Morocco subdued a knife-wielding man.

Looking for the best bang for your buck? Make this South African city your next stop.

Two years after the killing of Cecil the Lion caused outrage, his son has been shot.

A $7 million shipment of phosphate bound for New Zealand will not reach these shores.

Police moved in at dawn to clear illegal camps in area of northern Paris.

AIi Kitinas, who is 16 years old, is so successful her own mum works for her.

A humble Instagram account showcases ordinary triumphs, hobbies and life around Africa.

They're recruiting travelling physios. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Rotorua woman has an innovative idea to fill nationwide physio shortage.

The young Kiwi says he has no idea how he'll pay the bill on his low-end salary

The ultimate school field trip enchants Charmaine Noronha in the Maasai Mara.

Food crises are erupting across Africa and there is no money to fight it.

Scientists have revealed new insights into a tiny ancient human nicknamed the Hobbit.

Husband punched the shark to fend it off as his wife, who was bitten, scrambled to shore.

Special service remembers the incredible WWII derring-do of the Long Range Desert Group.

Emmanuel de Merode to raise $1.7m for endangered mountain gorillas of eastern Congo.

Children died when the bus they were in crashed into a truck and exploded in South Africa.

The little-known story of a crack Kiwi WWII special forces unit.

Winston Aldworth finds respect for an underdog in the brutal Ngorongoro Crater,