ISIOLO, Kenya, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A wall collapsed at an illegal gold mine in northern Kenya, killing five people and leaving around 15 others missing, a local government official said on Tuesday.

In the heart of Africa, an ambitious and visionary project is taking shape, one that seeks to combat the daunting challenges of desertification, climate change, and biodiversity loss. This project is ...

So in 1978 officials started to plant trees in arid areas across northern China (see map). Collectively ... formed an “unbreakable green Great Wall”, according to government plans.

President Joe Biden will fulfill a two-year promise to visit Africa as he departs Sunday night for Angola, a trip aimed at highlighting US investment in the continent under his watch in the face ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Joe Biden headed to Angola on Sunday for a trip that will deliver on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major U.S.-backed railway project ...

Chad, a longtime Western counterterrorism ally in central Africa, said it is ending military ties with France, the latest country in the troubled Sahel region to break with its former colonial ...

Weather maps have shown a wall of snow set to engulf the UK in the coming weeks, with long-range forecasts predicting piles of the white stuff. The charts, from WXCharts show a massive band of ...

His rock opera The Wall is, of course, the shining example of these two sides of Waters and Pink Floyd meeting. South Africa had been entrenched in racial segregation since 1948, with its government ...

A vast and largely untapped region, Africa has, for many years, been heralded as the final frontier when it comes to economic and investment opportunities. Key drivers such as its youthful ...

With less than a month until holiday-goers flood into KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) for the festive season, several beaches in the popular Durban area have ‘poor water quality’ with two closed.

The latest weather models reveal a widespread cold front moving south from Scandinavia, potentially bringing a 700-mile wall of snow that ... for snowfall. The map reveals deep blues and purples ...