The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...

South West Africa People's Organisation party (SWAPO), increased funding for women's political campaigns and initiatives to combat gender-based violence in politics. We must recognise the ...

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected claim that white people are being persecuted in his country. Ramaphosa in his weekly message to the nation on Monday described it as a ...

Just 17 miles outside of one of Africa's capital cities, this brand-new development was destined to become a city that could comfortably house half a million people. Nova Cidade de Kilamba ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

The volcanic island of Bioko, about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, northwest of mainland Equatorial Guinea, is carpeted in ...

The African Union says that the announcement of ... claimed tens of thousands of lives and uprooted more than 12 million people. The war, initially sparked by disagreements over the integration ...

Founded in 1822 by freed African Americans ... These conflicts claimed the lives of over 100,000 people and left much of the nation’s infrastructure in ruins. Recovery was further set back ...

The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already ready ... open the doors to white Afrikaners from South Africa, establishing a program called “Mission ...

A new book, Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid, has just been published in South Africa. Intended for young people but speaking to readers of all ages, the book explores what it was ...