BP has agreed its second huge deal in days with the energy giant revealing a near $1 billion investment in gas fields off Northwest Africa.

Kiwis will now need a visa to travel to South Africa, matching New Zealand moves earlier this year.

A man hit by a car in South Africa last week was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, and his body then placed in a refrigerator at a local mortuary.

An ancient Egyptian city and graveyard has been uncovered by archaeologists.

Elly Warren, from Melbourne, was expected to return to Australia on Monday before heading to New Zealand with her boyfriend for a holiday.

Safari tourism is big business in Botswana, writes Mike Munro.

The United Nations have said that at least 239 migrants have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya.

New Zealand cooperatives - particularly those in Wellington - have a lot to offer under-developed countries.

A couple's late night frolic in a lodge's pool in Africa nearly turned into a blood bath after a crocodile suddenly jumped in.

Dozens of people died Sunday at a festival after security forces fired tear gas into a crowd during a political protest and provoked a stampede.

Journalist Jakub Kyncl was granted a rare chance to photograph the historic tombs.

The parents who abused their teenage daughter because they thought she was a witch have been condemned by the leader of New Zealand's

The death of a 1-year-old Nigerian baby had many authors - Boko Haram's viciousness, his own government's negligence, and starvation's relentlessness.

The Lion Man has hit back at new claims he abuses his animals at his big cat sanctuary in South Africa, saying "you cannot abuse a lion."

Courtney Whitaker stays at a luxurious hotel within Marrakesh's 13th-century kasbah walls.

Seeing animals in their own environment is worth the hefty price, writes Rachel Muir.

Once boasting a 14-story high pile of rubbish, this apartment tower made the journey from menacing to desirable.

Once defined by images of famine, Ethiopia is now one of the most progressive nations in Africa, Sarah Marshall discovers.

Nervous smiles from Prince Harry as he faces one of his toughest tests.

Kiwi-born businessman Stephen Jennings has reached an out-of-court settlement in his defamation case against Fairfax for a "substantial" sum.

The animals are the main attraction, but in many cases their very existence is under daily threat.

The injured New Zealander freed from Nigerian kidnappers is not yet well enough to return home.

Just 15 years ago there were thought to be about 150,000 giraffes in the wild. Since then, numbers have fallen by 40 per cent.

COMMENT: Cultural outlook is the hardest nut to crack. Not even centuries of ever-growing modernity has broken the witch doctor/healer mentality.

The mountains of East Africa are being dissolved by climate change, Jason Patinkin reports.

Patience and speed are key to photographing African wildlife, learns Sarah Marshall.

The price of the vanilla bean has more than tripled in the past year as output slips and quality suffers.

Derek Cheng wonders which magnificent creature it would be best to be.

Angola is still scarred by its civil war. Mike Dawson thinks tourism may help.