African activists used letters, print culture and personal networks to oppose colonial governments that continued to rely on forced-labour economies long after slavery was supposed to have ended.

The 54-pound meteorite from Mars was discovered in the Sahara in northwestern Niger by a meteorite hunter in November 2023.

In this opinion, analyst Lekan Olayiwola links Rita’s NYSC withheld certificate to growing youth dissent, digital activism, & ...

Mali has arrested dozens of soldiers suspected of plotting to overthrow the junta, which itself took power in the west ...

A map without flags, but with an owner” The world is written in raw materials Power is not in speeches, it is underground. Not in flags, but in deposits.

When the colonial powers gathered in Berlin in 1884 ndash;1885 to carve Africa into bite-sized territories, they were not ...

Once relegated to the periphery of Africa's economic map due to their lack of coastline, the continent's landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) are now reframing their geographic constraints as ...

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Georgia sheriff's sergeant on civil rights charges. The indictment accuses former Staff Sgt. Buck William Aldridge of using excessive force multiple times ...

Senior U.N. officials war that terrorist activity is surging in Africa’s volatile Sahel region,, and it's making life more difficult and dangerous for women and girls. Over the past decade, the ...

Many smaller countries’ exports have faced 10 percent tariffs since the president first announced, then suspended, an initial ...

Perhaps the biggest threat comes from natural disasters, which climate change is making more common and intense. Take the ...

ABUJA -- PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu yesterday gifted Nigeria's senior national women's basketball team, D'Tigress, $100,000 to each of the players, $top50,000 each for the 11-man coaching and technical ...