I was starting to lose it, I could feel it. "Resort to comedy, use your imagination!" I said to myself, writes Rhys Darby.

South Africa's president has visited a gravely ill Nelson Mandela in the hospital and cancelled a visit to Mozambique.

Seven al-Qaeda-linked militants on a suicide mission attacked the UN compound with a truck bomb and then poured inside, killing at least 13 people before dying in the assault.

The future wellbeing of millions of Africans may rest in the unlikely hands of a vegan hippy scientist working for a sweet company who plans to map and then give away the genetic data of 100 traditional crops.

Graham Reid finds flavour through goats and a stark desert where the West's latest beauty "must-have" grows.

The West African country's using music to pull in tourist cash, writes Stacey Knott.

Looking after your health is paramount when travelling to the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

Going on safari is becoming an increasingly popular option for adventurous honeymooners.

Forget lions ... the hippo is one of the most dangerous animals in Africa.

In the Okavango Delta a cow can easily be mistaken for a lion.

Seat-of-the-pants expedition filmmaker Brian Armstrong has an eye for weird and wonderful alcoholic concoctions.

P.K. Stowers takes the scenic route to the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of the African continent.

If I seem a bit sniffy, I assure Robertson locals, it's certainly not intentional nor an indication that I don't like the place.

Tourist pamphlets call Addo “a little town, about an hour's drive from Port Elizabeth, renowned for its citrus farms, horse breeding, roses and abundant bird life." Ewan McDonald investigates.

Awe-struck visitors often call Lalibela's underground churches the most impressive sight in all of Africa. They're also arguably Africa's most mysterious attraction.

Two Australians are trapped in Bolivia for a month after they were attacked by flesh-eating maggots.