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

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

Scientific advances, initiatives, and injustices in Sub–Saharan Africa shape the Black diaspora through ancestry, migration, ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

Discover the evolution of Modern educational architecture in Africa, highlighting Nigeria's key university buildings and ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 3 (Reuters) - President Cyril Ramaphosa defended South Africa's land policy on Monday after Donald Trump's threat to cut off funding because of what he said were land confiscations.

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But the U.N. estimates that Africa, which makes up 20% of the world's land surface, is home to one-quarter of all mammal species and one-fifth of bird species. It also has around one-sixth of the ...

Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...

A teacher at Drakensburg Secondary School in South Africa is under investigation for allegedly cutting off a Hindu student's religious thread. The South African Hindu Maha Sabha has condemned the ...

February 3, 2025 • Many Africans were caught off guard by the abrupt halt to U.S. foreign aid, stopping money flowing for wide-ranging projects like disease response, girls' education and free ...

Thousands of children in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are struggling to survive on the streets.