Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852 ? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold began in the late 19th cent ...

Dreadful details of mass killing and mass rape have emerged since the Rwanda- backed M23 rebels captured the city of Goma. On the weekend, the East African Community, the Southern African Development ...

The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for U.S.-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America.

Nigeria is the latest to redefine its national digital ID rollout, targeting 180 million National Identification Numbers (NIN) by 2026. A World Bank restructuring document reveals Nigeria’s revised ...

OPINION: As we step into the new year, there’s no better time to celebrate the homegrown icons making waves globally while staying true to their roots. From the heart of Kimberley to the fashion ...

Speaking truth to power has almost become radical chic. Noam Chomsky and Arundhati Roy have argued that ignorance has no part in why the powerful do what they do. Their critique needs a slight nuance ...

Libya authorities uncovered nearly 50 bodies this week from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the chaos-strick ...

A Rwandan-backed campaign in DR Congo exposes how Paul Kagame turned his genocide-scarred country into a belligerent military ...

Indian security forces gunned down 31 Maoist rebels in the forests of country's central state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, police said, in its biggest encounter this year. Two security personnel were ...

Millions are expected to attend the annual Ijtema in Bangladesh -- considered the world's second biggest Muslim gathering ...

History will judge leaders in Africa who fail to end the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania warned her counterparts at the start of ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...