There’s a funny thing about the African dream. Every year, presidents gather in some conference hall with flags behind them, ...

The TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan Africa celebrated a new generation of African creators and entertainers who are shaping culture ...

South Africans have hit out at the rendition of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika ahead of the Springboks clash with Italy in Turin. While Rassie Erasmus’ Springboks romped to yet another victory despite an ...

Climate change is accelerating continental rifting, the geological process where landmasses slowly pull apart. According to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, the East African ...

Tulane University researchers, collaborating with an international team of scientists, have discovered why some parts of Earth's crust remain strong while others give way, overturning long-held ...

Earlier this year, I crossed into Tanzania to attend a court hearing for opposition leader Tundu Lissu, a man who has faced assassination attempts and persistent threats simply for speaking truth to ...

The Webby Awards-presented social impact trophies, now in their fifth year, celebrate people, companies and organizations whose mission-driven work is creating meaningful change worldwide. By Hilary ...

The 26th U.S. president is both lauded as a conservationist and condemned as a big-game hunter. A new book recounts the historic journey on which he helped form a significant collection of animals at ...

"It's tearin' up my heart when I'm with you, but when we are apart, I feel it, too." Sure, it's a great opener to a pop song, but it also briefly describes what's happening to Africa. The continent is ...

The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline project is making fast progress after several funding delays, African Energy has reported, despite continuing protests from the environmentalist lobby, which is ...

When Agather Atuhaire, a Ugandan lawyer and journalist, was arrested in Tanzania in May, she says she was held incommunicado, tortured and raped. Three days later she was dumped at the border between ...