More than R180-million has been raised to transition key copper projects in South Africa’s endowed Northern Cape into ...

Resources and economy. Exploring the wealth of Africa's natural resources and the history of foreign intervention in Africa's ...

A 5.5-carat triangular-cut diamond billed as the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond known to exist sold for more than ...

What drives someone to spend $80 million on a centuries-old ceramic bowl? Or millions more on a faded manuscript, a single ...

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AP) — Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his African odyssey on Thursday with a final Mass in Equatorial Guinea, bringing to an end one of the newsiest papal trips in the history of ...

Diversifying Botswana’s diamond-dependent economy is now an “existential” task, Foreign Minister Phenyo Butale says, as President Duma Boko’s new government tries to turn the country’s political ...

No one was held at gunpoint, there were no injuries, and the thieves made away with more than $100 million worth of jewelry in a matter of minutes. Without a single witness, the robbery crew stole 24 ...

A rare blue diamond weighing 41.82 carats has been recovered from the Cullinan mine in South Africa, with experts saying the stone could be worth more than $40 million. The company operating the mine ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 21, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: March 22, 1980 A ...

Read through South Africa's World Cup history and memorable moments. Follow their road to the tournament with the latest on their fixtures, group and coach. The drought is over for South Africa. After ...

A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, when a remnant from ...