DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals ...

The U.S. government has shut down Power Africa, a program launched in 2013 by former President Barack Obama to expand electricity access across Africa, Bloomberg reports. Most of Power Africa’s ...

After the German and Ottoman empires fell following World War I, a map closer to what we now know as Africa would emerge. Historians point out that unlike what is widely believed, the Berlin ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 59 °F (15 °C). Sunny with a high of 80 °F (26.7 °C) and a 59% chance of precipitation. Winds variable ...

New research suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5 C climate change threshold -- the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement -- by 2040 even under low emission scenarios.

Francisca Mutapi is the Deputy Director of the Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) Partnership and Deputy Board Chair of Uniting to Combat NTDS. She sits on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth ...

Earth has seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. At this moment in history, that is fact, but it wasn’t always the case. Hundreds of millions ...

South Africa's power utility Eskom has announced controlled outages, cutting 3,000 megawatts of electricity from the grid due to what it called a 'temporary setback.' The measure, known as load ...

Africa has the most countries of any continent with a total of 54. Rather than following natural terrains or historical boundaries, many of its borders are strikingly straight in some areas and ...

Legend has it Bernard Shabangu's grandfather, Bhobho, once speared down a lion that was terrorising his community in Mpumalanga, a province in eastern South Africa. The story goes that the lion ...

South Africa will soon play host to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky South Africa is set to host Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on a state visit, President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed on ...

Did you know that the little yellow fella you drag in Google Maps Street View is called Pegman? It's not the most practical tip, but you'll find the ones below useful. You can change many Google ...