WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.

Snow is expected to fall across large swathes of the North East this weekend, and everyone is braced for some icy weather. A weather warning for snow and ice is set to come into force from midday ...

Dynamics are shifting in North Africa as the region navigates a quieter political year in 2025, further presenting a delicate balance of progress and persisting challenges shaping the region’s future.

As 2025 dawns, African nations are looking out onto an uncertain global political landscape. Russia's grinding war in Ukraine still has no end in sight, the United States is about to swear in an ...

Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France. France's President Emmanuel Macron greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane ...

Yi plans to study the mechanisms behind differences in gene expression and how genes map to different traits. She also plans to trace differential gene expression even earlier in our evolutionary ...

New work by Columbia researchers has turned a textbook principle of genetics on its head and revealed why some people who carry disease-causing genes experience no symptoms. Every biology student ...

Latest maps from the weather service show snow arriving in the region overnight on Saturday and into the early hours of Sunday, with most of the North East affected. The latest Met Office forecast ...

consistent with North African gene flow at the end of the Roman Empire and subsequent Arab migrations. Not surprisingly, mixed-race countries — of any combination — destroy their original ...

It is the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said the pullout would begin in January. France has had as many as ...

Morocco is on the brink of becoming Africa's most visited country, with nearly 16 million tourists welcomed by November 2024. This is a 20% increase compared to the same period in 2023.

More are now converging on the idea the Atlantic low may be further south than initially expected, putting North Wales and Greater Manchester in the firing line for snow. Latest Met Office maps ...