The continent drifts northeast at about 2.7 inches (7cm) per year - a rate so significant that GPS coordinates must be ...

Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.

The epic of Sunjata Keita has become heritage of the entire African continent ...

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African countries are working together to create larger markets and benefit from economies of scale. In the energy sector, ...

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

Guinea has eliminated the human African trypanosomiasis (HAT ... There are two forms of the disease: one caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, found in 24 countries in West and Central Africa and ...

World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti noted that the elimination of HAT by Guinea is a significant public health achievement. They include 66 deaths reported ...

They once again shocked the world in 2024 when they missed out on the playoffs entirely, finishing with a 78-84 record and third in the American League West. It could be the every-other-year magic ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

The government of Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, appears intent on rewriting Congo’s map by seizing land ... of the Democratic Republic of Congo west of Goma on Friday.Credit ...