Imagine a world where hippos landed on dinner plates. That's not so far fetched when you look at this 100 year old proposal.

A study in Genome Biology and Evolution finds that the African Swine Fever virus, currently circulating in Europe, is not the result of a recent introduction. Instead, the virus has been present ...

African countries have again topped the list of the world’s most ignored crises, with nearly all of the worst-funded humanitarian challenges located in the continent in 2024, according to a new ...

An earlier version of this article misstated the number of people from seven banned African countries who overstayed their visas in 2023. It was just under 2,500 people, not just over 5,000.

African architects have cool designs for a warming planet They take inspiration from everything from the local terrain to termites. Share. Shady design, in the limelight Photograph: ...

African students have traded academic institutions in the West for Chinese alternatives. The Trump administration’s clampdown on international students and visas could accelerate the shift.

General Michael Langley, who leads the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), warned that China was replicating its training programmes such as its US International Military Education and Training (IMET ...

JOHANNESBURG - Julius Malema, the South African politician who President Donald Trump wants arrested for repeatedly chanting "kill the farmer," is reportedly a Rolex watch-wearing Gucci ...

An African Union-backed panel challenged Fitch Ratings to review its downgrade of the African Export-Import Bank’s rating, questioning the company’s classification of loans to three countries.

New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century.

6-point plan to boost US-Africa trade. Fitrell is expected to elaborate on the six-point plan to boost US trade and investment in Africa, which he unveiled last month at a US Chamber of Commerce event ...