The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa is a public health emergency. Health ...

By Ekani OlikitaRenewed attacks by Muslim Fulani Ethnic Militia in Nigeria’s Central Benue State have left four Christians ...

Professor Toyin Falola, one of Africa’s foremost historians, holds the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, United States. In this interview ...

Vigilantes in South Africa have carried out violent xenophobic attacks targeting African and Asian foreign nationals in ...

Unusual helium signatures detected in Zambian hot springs may signal that a hidden tectonic rift is actively developing ...

Throughout history, most of the world's genomic research has relied on DNA data from people of European ancestry.

Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the ...

Professor William Gumede is the Founder of the Democracy Works Foundation and author of the bestselling Restless Nation: Making Sense of Troubled Times (Tafelberg). South Africa has not achieved ...

African elections are profoundly shaped by the intersection of ethnic identity and political competition. Ethnic politics examines how group loyalties, historical legacies and social networks ...

After a weekend of co-ordinated attacks across Mali by separatist fighters and Islamist militants, Russian forces who are in the country helping protect the military government have confirmed they ...

Togo is spearheading a diplomatic movement to overhaul how the world views the African continent. The West African nation plans to ask United Nations member states to adopt a world map that more ...