In the scorching deserts of East Africa, the ground is slowly tearing itself apart — a slow-motion, geological drama. Over ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels, known as M23, say they are protecting ethnic Tutsis, the minority group massacred in a 1994 genocide.

Two leading drug experts set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. This is how we've progressed since then.

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

Unlocking seismic data could aid the search for fresh groundwater in Africa, where water scarcity affects two-thirds of the ...

Full squad lists, as they are announced, for the 2025 Champions Trophy. Rwanda says South Africa is in “no position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator” in DR Congo. Duduzile Zuma ...

In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...

It is a bit rich for a publicly listed entity with a recent track record of regulatory breaches, inquiries and questionable governance to be asking two states to provide tax relief when it is ...

The Weeknd has donated $1 million to the wildfire relief effort in Los Angeles. The 34-year-old singer - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - has donated $1 million across three different ...

South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege Africacategory· January 16, 2025 The South African government has given Taiwan a deadline of the end of March to relocate ...

"Policymakers and Treasury officials will be breathing a small sigh of relief," Scott Gardner, investment strategist at J.P. Morgan-owned digital wealth manager Nutmeg, said. The fall in the ...