This stunning seaside city is the largest city on the Mediterranean coast and once stood as Egypt's capital city for almost a ...

The Eurocentric concept of the “Dark Ages” has often obscured the rich, diverse, and sophisticated developments in Africa.

It's mentioned 17 times in the Bible and was harvested in the Mediterranean for more than a millennium. Now, a farmer is ...

These ancient kingdoms, many of which still exist today ... By the 12th century, it had become a dominant force in West Africa. Today, remnants of this empire can be seen in Borno and Adamawa ...

Despite the region’s impressive heritage and history, Egypt was not an independent nation until 1922 under the reign of King Fuad I. Although its former coloniser Britain retained influence until the ...

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As Kabaka Mutebi celebrates his 70th birthday, his childhood friend David William Segawa Mukasa believes this journey through ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

Unlike Neanderthal DNA, which makes up roughly 2% of the genome of non-African modern humans, this ancient mixing event ...

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