WHAT IS IT AND HOW IS IT CELEBRATED IN SCOTLAND AND AROUND THE WORLD?

Scottish people around the globe will be celebrating the birthday of national writer Robert Burns with drams of whisky, traditional suppers and recitals of his poetry... READ MORE›

ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE WARNS WHITE FARMERS BEING ASKED BACK AS ADVISERS IS A STEP BACKWARDS

Zimbabwea??s white farmers asked back a?? as advisers... READ MORE›

American forces were in Somalia to protect a United Nations famine-relief mission amid a vicious civil war... READ MORE›

IN ZIMBABWE MUGABES BIRTHDAY IS RIFE WITH POLITICAL JOCKEYING

In turn, Ms. Mugabe and her allies have drawn rising anger from Zimbabwe's war veterans, who have long mobilized support for Mr. Mugabe... READ MORE›

UNCLE OF MAN CO-ACCUSED OF KILLING TIM BOSMA SET TO TESTIFY IN HAMILTON

Millard, 30, of Toronto and Mark Smich, 28, of Oakville, Ont., are accused of killing Bosma, 32, who lived in the suburban Ancaster area of Hamilton... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA HAS BARRED A US PASTOR FOR HIS HOMOPHOBIC ORLANDO SHOOTING COMMENTS

Anderson was banned after South Africa's LGBTQI community lobbied the South African government to revoke his visa exempt status as an American visitor... READ MORE›

Between 30,000 and 40,000 elephants are poached for their ivory every year in Africa, that's around 100 African elephants killed every day, or one elephant gunned down every 15 minutes... READ MORE›

ZIMBABWE WAR VETERANS BOYCOTT MUGABE SPEECH

READ MORE Zimbabwe's season of rising discontent Mugabe's government has arrested and charged war veterans' leaders in a crackdown against his formed allies... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: ZIMBABWEANS SUFFER 'SAVAGE' POLICE ABUSE AS ANTI-MUGABE MOVEMENT GROWS

In 2008, after hundreds of his supporters were beaten up, then-opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of an election run-off against Mugabe to prevent anybody being killed... READ MORE›

ZIMBABWE'S 'MILLION-MAN MARCH' FOR MUGABE FIZZLES

Speaking at the rally, the 92-year-old Mugabe denounced as treasonous factions in his party feuding over who should succeed him... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA AILING MINERS AWARDED MULTIMILLION SETTLEMENT

A lawyer representing 4,365 claimants affected by silicosis said Saturday that Anglo American South Africa and AngloGold Ashanti have agreed to pay the equivalent of 32,595,800... READ MORE›

ROBERT MUGABE EATS GIANT CAKE AT BIRTHDAY PARTY IN DROUGHT ZONE

President Robert Mugabe marked his 92nd birthday with a lavish party and a huge cake in a drought-stricken area of Zimbabwe on Saturday... READ MORE›

ZIMBABWE SEEKS $1.5BN IN DROUGHT AID

The government of Zimbabwe requires a total of 1,572,009,953 with effect from February to December 2016, said Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's vice-president... READ MORE›

A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO SAVE RHINOS FROM POACHERS

A South African rhino breeder has implemented a controversial plan to save his animals from poachers... READ MORE›

TONY BLAIR ASKED ME TO 'HELP INVADE ZIMBABWE', SAYS THABO MBEKI

Why does it become British responsibility to decide who leads the people of Zimbabwe? asked Mr Mbeki... READ MORE›

ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT CONDEMNED BY WEST IS SELECTED FOR CHINESE PEACE PRIZE

Mr. Qiao noted that the Confucius Peace Prize committee and the Nobel committee had both looked to Africa for candidates this year... READ MORE›

CHINA HAS AWARDED ROBERT MUGABE A PEACE PRIZE

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been awarded the Chinese equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize... READ MORE›