While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Former Banyana Banyana Performance Analyst, Shilene Booysen, believes the African continent is slowly narrowing the gap on ...

African countries plan a fresh push at international summits this year for standard measures of economic strength such as GDP ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation of the country’s ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responded on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off aid over the ...

Home to one of the most diverse and vibrant people in the world, this landlocked country covers nearly 500,000 square miles ...

In Uganda, millions of schoolchildren have benefitted from a universal education program backed by the United States. In ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...

one area remains as “Africa’s last colony”, leaving a black hole in global data. Western Sahara is effectively no mans land. It often appears un-labelled on world maps. Moreover, GDP ...

(Nairobi) – Governments in Central Africa suppressed civil and political rights, especially in the context of elections, with impunity in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report ...

Despite being home to 30% of the world’s mineral wealth, Africa contributes only 3% to global GDP. This disparity is the result of centuries of extractive economic relationships that ...