Background The burden of cardiovascular events in Africa is projected to rise significantly in the coming decade, placing ...

You know the continent—but where did its name come from? From Roman generals to ancient tribes, the roots of “Africa” stretch ...

Drawn by European powers with little regard for the people living there, this map from 1935 still shapes Africa’s politics, ...

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Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

The Trump administration’s hostile approach to South Africa was shaped by a convergence of factors.

Africa has several active seismic zones. In 2016, a group of geologists created the Seismotectonic Map of Africa, highlighting regions based on historical quakes and geological activity.

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...

An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 distinct languages across the continent, which have roots in ...

South African producer Kutlwano Ditsele’s Ten30 Pictures is developing a slate of projects to follow on the heels of the Netflix original series “GO!,” which launches globally March 21.

Scientists uncover new gut microbes in Africa and say their findings could help make medicines more effective.