Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by fossils of long-extinct reptiles. A mysterious animal painted on a cave ...

Africa is already being heavily affected by climate change. Between 1991 and 2023, the African continent warmed at a rate of 0.3°C per decade, a rate slightly faster than the global average.

Washington — President Biden will go to Africa next month for the first time as president, following through on a promise he made to visit the continent while in office. During the United ...

NPR's Africa correspondent takes us to one of the few remaining hospitals, near the Sudanese capital.

For most of its modern history South Africa has been governed by a single dominant party. The National Party, architects of apartheid, was in charge from 1948 to 1994. After white rule ended the ...

The UNESCO Chairs and Partners Forum Transforming Knowledge for Africa’s Future, convened 30 September - 2 October 2024, aims to strengthen interdisciplinary and collaborative research capacity in ...

China is revising its belt and road playbook in Africa, as it moves its investment focus to agriculture, manufacturing, industrialisation and green energy, including critical metals. The shift is ...

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange ...

A new education law in South Africa is dividing lawmakers and sparking angry emotions in a country with a complex racial and linguistic history. Last Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the ...

Dimon to visit Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ivory Coast in mid-October JPMorgan aims to expand in Africa despite past regulatory hurdles Global banks target Africa for sovereign debt ...

Pravin Gordhan, who held three positions in South Africa’s cabinet and won plaudits for standing up to Jacob Zuma during his scandal-marred presidency, has died. He was 75. Gordhan died in ...