The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has officially launched the implementation of its Africa-BB-Maps project, a ...

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...

Seven videos exploring the human and physical geography of the continent of Africa.

Sequencing the human genome enables scientists to study human biology in a granular fashion and use that information to create treatments for things like cancer. Yet, of the human genomes studied so ...

An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between 1,000 ...

One impact of climate change is increased tropical storms. The southeast of Africa experiences tropical cyclones - for ...

Children living in poverty often suffer from anemia, a condition linked to serious health risks. A research team led by ...

As Donald Trump is unleashed a fresh slate of tariffs on so-called ‘Liberation Day’, data correspondent Alicja Hagopian ...

Credit to the government of Uganda which acted in response to pressure and several of them were rescued from the ordeal more than a year later. They reported having been subjected to 20-hour work ...

In the quiet strains of Blue Spanish Eyes, there lies a melody that transcends borders, a tune that whispers of longing and unity, of love that knows no boundaries. This song, with its haunting notes ...

To get around this distortion, other map-makers have come up with different compromises. A projection named after the geographer Arthur Robinson curves the longitudes but keeps the latitudes straight ...

Allahuddien Paleker, a proud product of Rylands, Cape Town, has achieved a remarkable milestone in his umpiring ...