A new study finds that Afro-descendant communities in four Amazonian countries are linked to lands with high biodiversity and ...

Should African people be called black – or is the categorising of people by skin colour a racist practice? How about Africa? Is the name of the continent a racial slur because it was chosen by ...

Afro-descendant peoples in four Amazon countries show remarkable achievements in environmental stewardship, according to new research from Conservation International, published in Nature ...

A peer-reviewed study found Afro-descendant territories outperform comparable lands in preventing forest loss thanks to ...

Wikimedia Commons/Davidmccoy1 The Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor The Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor runs 12,000 square miles from South Carolina to Florida. Congress created this protected area in ...

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A new report by the U.N. AIDS agency says the sudden withdrawal of U.S. funding has caused a “systemic shock” to the global ...

Six African countries have established pro-Israel parliamentary groups, strengthening diplomatic, economic and faith-based ties with the Jewish state amid regional geopolitical realignments.

The Trump administration said it deported a group of eight men convicted of serious crimes in the United States to the conflict-ridden African country of South Sudan, following a legal saga that ...

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Scientists decode DNA of man who lived around 5,000 years ago; mixed ancestry reveals early Africa-Asia link Scientists have decoded the DNA of an ancient Egyptian man. His remains, found in a ...