A midwife has found a haven in New Zealand after a daring escape from an oppressive regime in East Africa where he was imprisoned after being accused of helping a female prisoner flee hospital moments ...

Deep within the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert lies an enormous, circular formation spanning nearly 50 kilometers—an ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

British startup Earthwave and a group of European academics have discovered alarming developments in glacier retreat.

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

Islam came here from North Africa through the Sahara Desert at the beginning of the 2nd millennium and was quickly adopted by the majority of the local population.

The study states that the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region in North Africa supply 50 to 70 percent of global dust sources. Earlier it was thought that these dust particles may carry ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Armed assailants in western Niger killed at least 10 soldiers in an ambush on a military unit that had been sent to hunt cattle rustlers in a border region near Burkina ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara.

The African Regional Committee of WHO member states is scheduled to meet in Geneva on May 18, just before the World Health Assembly, to nominate a new candidate for the position. Dr Chikwe ...

and Sahara Desert. The oldest known dinosaur fossils date back around 230 million years and have been found in Argentina, Brazil, and Zimbabwe. However, the differences between these fossils indicate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation ... south of the Sahara Desert.