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For a brief moment it was all too easy to see how this silver-haired African with the rock star attire – black jeans, bomber jacket and calf leather boots – is said to have once exploded in a cabinet meeting in his native Ghana and floored one of his ministers.

South Africa’s rhinos are being wiped out by the billion-dollar poaching business. An investigation uncovers the bloody trail

Travel and trade bans are inhibiting investment and have provided the despotic Zimbabwean president with an excuse to put off elections

The nuclear question has made the need for America’s Iranian policy more pressing than ever

Suitably for one about to become America's senior diplomat, Condoleezza Rice had something for everyone but gave relatively little away when she stepped out of the shadows on Tuesday.

The United Nations, which for years has been seen as a slumped punch bag, is about to get on the front foot to fight back against its critics.