If you’ve gone on an African safari, chances are you’ve heard of the Big Five, the must-see list of iconic megafauna. The term, coined in the late 1800s during Africa’s colonial period, refers to what ...

Nelson Mandela Bay, which is home to Gqeberha, formerly known as Port Elizabeth, is collapsing with municipal chaos, out-of-control crime, and governance problems. This is the view of Retief Odendaal, ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

A demographic transformation in Africa has the potential to alter the world order Last November, the global population reached a significant milestone of 8 billion. More recently, in April, India ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the ...

EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Trump’s assistant Natalie Harp said "confidentiality, speed, accuracy, and adaptability" are key to delivering for the president, as lawmakers who communicate with her ...

Chris started gaming in the 8-bit era so writing game reviews seemed like a natural choice of activity to protect his brain from further atrophy during his final year in a psychiatric penitentiary.

More than 50 African leaders have gathered in Beijing for a summit aimed at projecting the influence of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in the developing world. By Mara Hvistendahl and Joy Dong Mara ...

It has been the highlight of most African leaders’ diplomatic calendar for nearly a quarter of a century. Ever since the inaugural Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) in Beijing in 2000, the ...

Vice President Kasim Shettima and the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have stressed the need for a comprehensive integrated, and strategic approach to drive progress and prosperity in Africa ...

Johannesburg — Much of Africa's cultural treasure was looted during colonial times and has remained in museums and private collections in Europe and North America ever since. For the last few decades, ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat pledged help and military assistance while on a whirlwind tour of several countries in Africa’s sub-Saharan region of Sahel this week, as Moscow seeks to ...