More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

A map of deadly infectious diseases known to attack the central nervous system (CNS) of people who are already suffering with ...

South Africa has a new law to govern the expropriation (or compulsory acquisition) of private property by government for ...

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in ...

Researchers have identified priority areas for conserving the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States. Protecting these regions will also benefit North America's Central Grasslands and the many ...

Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...

Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

Researchers analyzed 168,464 samples to uncover how geographic and technical factors shape global gut microbiome variation, ...

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the ...

Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation ...