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 ...

South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from Louisiana in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia minima, an ...

Africa’s sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) serve as strategic investment tools, leveraging partnerships with private investors, ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

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

Scientists in South Africa are using weevils to combat the invasive Salvinia plant threatening freshwater ecosystems ...

Two major cities in South Africa saw some of the worst unrest since the end of apartheid when riots and looting in 2021 led to the deaths of more than 300 people. A video filmed by a motorist showing ...

Eight pallbearers – some wearing tracksuits emblazoned with the FIFA logo – carried a coffin on their shoulders. Alongside them, referee whistles echoed the tune of a song being sung by the ...

His parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s, towards the end of a period of exceptional economic growth that economists dubbed the “Ivorian miracle”. They came to work, drawn by the country ...

Kanye West released three versions of a black-and-white film featuring his son Saint to promote his new “Bully” album amid a series of hateful rants on social media. The rapper, who legally ...

You can get in touch with John by emailing [email protected] Newsweek has created a map that lays bare the ... just under 120 miles away, while South Africa's SANAP Summer Station is about ...

Gunfire has been reported after pirates boarded a tanker off West Africa on Monday night in what ... the unnamed ship 41 nautical miles (76 km) south-east of Santo Antonio, Sao Tome and Principe ...