Unexpected cold areas in South Africa, and the competition between Sutherland and Buffelsfontein for the title of coldest ...

Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the ...

Scientists predict tectonic forces in East Africa will split the continent and form a new ocean, transforming economies and ...

Africa could one day be 'split into two' after a huge crack that continues to grow appeared in the continent. Go back 200 ...

H.E. Amani Abou-Zeid, Egyptian, was elected the new Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission. H.E. Abou-Zeid was an international development lead expert who has been ...

Africa has hosted many great empires over the ages, but despite having contact with both Europe and Asia, did not keep up technologically (except Wakanda). Here is one possible theory to explain ...

Three veterans of African politics are in the running for the top job. On December 13, the three discussed their visions for the continent in a first-ever election debate broadcast from the AU ...

"To the youth of Africa I say: Never give up. Turn pain to power." Ademola Lookman's journey to being voted the men's African footballer of the year has been full of ups and downs, yet the Nigeria ...

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