As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face ...

Recent scientific discoveries reveal two extraordinary phenomena that could change our understanding of Earth's hydrology.

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Africa’s remaining tropical glaciers are rapidly disappearing as greenhouse gas emissions drive global warming. In the ...

The discovery has sparked interest among scientists studying endolithic microorganisms, unknown life forms inside rocks.

In Europe and the US, "the door is open a crack" for the Russian film industry, noted Dmitry Kabanov, industry relations and international b2b events director of the Russian state-owned audiovisual pr ...

There is international concern over the growing tension in South Sudan as cracks emerge in the country’s ruling coalition. Recent clashes in the northeastern Upper Nile State between forces ...

America’s nearly five-year economic boom is starting to show its age. Cracks are forming in the economy’s foundation: Layoffs are mounting, hiring is slowing, consumer confidence is eroding ...

Paul Tilsley is a veteran correspondent who has reported on African affairs for more than three decades from Johannesburg, South Africa. He can be followed on Twitter @paultilsley ...

South Sudan’s ruling coalition, the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGNoU) had been a loose arrangement meant to patch up peace in the country. But last week, the seams of this fabric ...

U.S.A.I.D. The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is now expected to be the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s aid cuts. The United ...