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 ...

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 ...

A charity concert to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief will be held in late January with a yet-to-be-announced lineup limited to musicians who call the greater LA area home. The benefit ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...