Some people want to take full control of the sites at Lami Nyeusi village, with some engaging in illegal activities.' ...

On the evening of May 9, 2019, conservationist and teacher Itakwu Innocent narrowly survived an assassination attempt outside ...

Unlike the African misrulers, the Chinese leadership embraced the country’s culture and history; it has not tried to run away ...

No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genres as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.

But Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world. About 3.9 million hectares of African forest – the size of about ...

The acclaimed writer-director and ‘Sinners’ choreographer Aakomon Jones looked beyond vampires and the blues to make the most ...

It is with great sadness that we note the passing of a pioneer of West African Mande music, kora maestro and musical innovator extraordinaire Foday Musa Suso.Foday was one of the first artists ever ...

A hard-won recovery in sub-Saharan Africa has been overtaken by recent events. The sudden shift in the global outlook has clouded the region’s short-term prospects and significantly complicated policy ...

Stellenbosch University (SU) student Rohan Barnard was out on a farm in the Swartberg Mountains between Calitzdorp and ...

The west Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s. One of the most vicious ...

Cocoa prices today plummeted to 1-1/2 week lows as forecasts for favorable rain in West Africa are expected to aid cocoa crop development in the world's largest cocoa-growing regions.

From the West African nation of Benin comes the ultimate story in intercultural exchange, whereby a young man inspired by Jackie Chan films took up kung fu and persisted to run the largest Chinese ...