An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace ...

Cheikh Anta Diop argues that: As humankind began in East Africa it was likely that people were black skinned. People populated other continents by moving either through the Sahara or the Nile Valley.

Africa is the world’s second largest continent ... Aswan Dam, across the river Nile in Egypt, is the world's largest embankment dam. A dam is a barrier that blocks water to create a human ...