Attacks by Islamic militants are surging in western Africa, where the U.S. is struggling to track terrorist movements in the ...

The prolific writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, originally from Kenya, died at 87 in Bedford, Georgia on Wednesday, May 28.

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro ...

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

One of the most vicious groups operating in the region is Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (Support Group for Islam and ...

Bassist and composer Benjamin Jephta was "born-free" in 1992 in South Africa, in the post-apartheid era, and grew up in the "colored township" of Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. The exploration of ...

I left the march, carried my sign on the A-train, then Brooklyn. A neighbor saw me. He is a tall brotha, rocks a fluorescent ...

The first presentation of its kind, “New African Masquerades” offers a rare look into contemporary West African masquerade.

With help from Vladimir Putin’s regime, Capt Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso’s interim president, has been making waves in Africa - Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP ...

Weather concerns in West Africa are the latest bullish factor to push cocoa prices sharply higher. Despite the recent rains in West Africa, drought still covers more than a third of Ghana and ...

Experts in the extractive sector of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have commended Nigeria’s Mining Cadastre Office (MCO) as a model of digital excellence and transparency ...

In West Africa, childcare contributes to strengthening human capital, increasing parent productivity, and supporting economic growth. Its accessibility is vital for equitable development, yet public ...