U.S. envoys in Africa will be rated on commercial deals struck, not aid spent, a senior State Department official said, touting it as the new strategy for U.S. support on the continent.

But St Francis Xavier Chapel, which has a strong claim to be the oldest surviving Catholic church in sub-Saharan Africa, faces a new threat today. A three-storey building belonging to a Chinese-owned fishing company is under construction on a previously empty plot next door.

The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has put more than 8,000 health workers in South Africa’s national HIV program out of work.

Errol Langton and eight members of his family were among the first group of white South Africans to arrive in the United States this week after President Trump created an expedited path to citizenship.

PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa's Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday that the government had not secured any new funding yet for HIV after the U.S. cut aid, and denied reports that its HIV programme was badly affected.

A state-owned South African bank that finances farmers is in talks with funders to raise as much as $1 billion as it recovers from a default five years ago.

Former South Africa international Cornal Hendricks has died aged 37 after suffering a heart attack. Hendricks, who scored five tries in 12 appearances for the Springboks, died on Wednesday. The winger made his Test debut for the Springboks against Wales in 2014,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's senior adviser for Africa said on Thursday he spoke with the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo about a draft peace deal this week, as Washington seeks to end a decades-long conflict in the region.

Edmonton city council's executive committee debated the future of the Africa Centre's Multicultural Community Centre on Wednesday.