The World Health Organisation estimates that approximately 2.2 billion cases have been prevented between 2000 and 2023.

These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until now, though, the oldest...

Of Kinshasa’s two flood risks, the impact of Congo River flooding can be observed in large cities located along major rivers, and typically peaks arou...

The reforms of Pope Francis could be termed a movement – from a church of a few where priests and bishops, and the pope call the shots, to a church of...

Today, Zimbabwe is better known for its young visual artists, who primarily work in painting, mixed media and collage. While stone sculpture was once...

He took the name Francis in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi, becoming the first uniquely named pope in over 1,000 years (the last being Pope Lando i...

When Pope Francis was introduced in 2013, I was working as an African expert on global Catholicism for Canada Television. I went blank when the new po...

In many African communities, there are widespread beliefs relating to the use of human body parts for traditional healing rituals. Human body parts an...

Local rains combined with runoff from torrential rains coming from neighbouring Congo Central Province quickly overwhelmed the city’s small urban trib...

In Oromia and Somali regions, major opposition parties like the Oromo Liberation Front and the Ogaden National Liberation Front withdrew from fielding...

Most of the fermented foods are plants that grow on their own in the wild and are often considered weeds in cropped and cultivated land. These include...

According to the United Nations, over the years, thousands of children, some as young as six years old, have been manipulated, indoctrinated and coerc...

African countries, which have contributed least to global climate change, are pressured to assume greater responsibility with little international sup...

The masterplan has been drawn up so that it aligns with South Africa’s existing national target of adding 3–5 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity e...

The well-known maxim that “prevention is better than cure” holds not just for health outcomes but also for economic efficiency.

Neighbourhood defence units have emerged in urban areas like El-Gezira in central Sudan, El-Fasher in North Darfur, Al-Dalang in South Kordofan, El-Ob...

Unlike domesticated meat, which comes from just 20 or so animal species, the wild meat trade involves hundreds of species.

Critically ill patients are treated in general hospital wards, and the provision of essential emergency and critical care is limited.

South Africans have long been accustomed to viewing the world of politics, governance and bureaucracy through the lens of a top-down “strong” state –...

The married singers, who met when she was 18 and he 21, took traditional Mali music and blended it with western rock and many other influences to shap...

There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 African countries, from the Atlantic shores of Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan.

Brice Oligui Nguema, now the transitional president, staged a coup against Ali Bongo in August 2023. Oligui Nguema and his military junta promised to...

G20 members account for 85% of global GDP, 75% of international trade, and two-thirds of the world’s population.

Our research found that both engineered wetlands (wetlands created by humans) and pilot-scaled gravity filters (a filter that uses gravity to draw wat...

Air pollution is the second leading cause of death worldwide, causing over 1 million premature deaths each year in Africa. Over 30,000 of these deaths...

In contrast to Western rap, the mother figure is central in Tunisian rap.

Coventry shows how sport can temporarily transcend racial divides and how politics reframes those divides. Her whiteness was palatable only because it...

Across all 17 countries, the proportion of MPs who are either Muslim or Christian closely resembles their electorates. They are also similar at the le...

Ultimately, enduring peace requires ending the cycle of ethnic dominance in Ethiopia’s federal governance arrangement.

The world of data work is built on labour arbitrage – exploiting the fact that workers earn less and have less protection in some countries than in ot...

Relations between the two countries have been deteriorating steadily in 2025. In February, Rwanda suspended a five-year (2024-2029) €95 million (US$10...

As conflict and uncertainty push many Western leaders to support the madness of nuclear weapons proliferation, African leaders are in a unique positio...

The fruit retains this water, stored in the cavity of the coconut. The accumulated water, with its rich nutrients, provides food to the developing end...

This discovery will likely encourage researchers to pay closer attention to the subtle signs of bone knapping in fossil assemblages. This way we will...

In a state of emergency, the president is entitled to suspend normal constitutional procedure to respond to a crisis. The president, in exercising his...

Guinea-Bissau’s general elections had been scheduled for November 2024, but President Umaro Sissoco Embaló postponed them, citing political instabilit...

It’s important to strengthen impact observation networks across west Africa and enhance air quality monitoring, especially in urban areas, where local...

The new findings, along with other recent discoveries, demonstrate that north-west Africa has been connected to other regions of the Mediterranean, th...

Africa is at the beginning of its urbanisation journey, the most rapid the world has ever seen. However, it cannot follow the same high-carbon industr...

The war has also triggered a massive displacement crisis, with more than 14 million people forced to flee their homes. Many have sought refuge in neig...

She is Africa’s most decorated Olympian of all time. She won seven medals across the 2004 Athens Games and the 2008 Beijing Games.

It has been estimated that up to 50% of people with diabetes will develop damage to their peripheral nerves during their lifetime, and up to 50% will...

This shows that wealthy Africans face lower effective tax rates than average citizens, replicating a trend already demonstrated for the relative tax b...

In separating people by race, apartheid created so-called independent self-governing states known as Bantustans or homelands for African people and th...

The Islamic State’s reputation in Somalia is often overstated. The group has never captured or held large territories.

This conflict can be traced back to historical tensions between the Nuer and Dinka communities, worsened by the 1991 split of the Sudanese People’s Li...

An estimated one million displaced people are grappling with high levels of food insecurity, and thousands of schools remain closed.

The resettlement programme overall is now understood to be part of the government of Rwanda’s approach to climate change adaptation.

Domestic factors within Sudan were the primary triggers for the outbreak of the civil war.

They are additionally subjected to extreme forms of violence that include killings, abductions, mutilations and infanticide.

These tracks are around 140 million years old, from the very beginning of the Cretaceous period when the African and South American tectonic plates we...

It is especially rewarding to see the genetic evidence aligning with the archaeological record.

Dream Count also broadens Adichie’s artistic range – for example, the novel features drug-taking scenes in Abuja, which constitute largely uncharted t...

Over time, Egypt has received more US foreign aid than any other country besides Israel.

The ongoing events in Fentale, as well as the Dofan area to the north, are the most recent in the history of molten material rising to the surface as...

Our findings suggest that these ape-like, small-brained early hominins were eating mostly plants. There was little to no evidence of meat consumption....

East and central Africa, where most elephants once resided, underwent serious losses over this period due to ivory poaching.

She was more than a participant. She was an organising force, an architect of resistance, and a strategist who shaped the fight against colonial rule.

On Tuesday, the Vatican said Pope Francis remains “in good spirits” while he receives medical care and is grateful for the support he has received.

Youssouf is a seasoned diplomat from Djibouti. He is the longest-serving minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of his country (200...

He was also the first pope to choose Francis as his name, thus honouring St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century mystic whose love for nature and the po...

Prior research has pointed to the fundamental economic challenges of entrepreneurship in the context of poverty.

In Kenya, Fews Net worked with the National Drought Management Agency and the Kenya Food Security Steering Group to develop regular outlook reports at...

Africa has a huge problem with trying to build some resilience to the effects of climate change, such as floods and drought. Economic development is a...

Our study estimates that it causes approximately 44,000 deaths each year across the 15 countries we examined. That is equivalent to a young woman or g...

Trump has also ordered that birthright citizenship must be limited to the children of certain categories of residents, essentially citizens or those w...

Their mandate is to support the DRC government, a member of the 16-member SADC group, in restoring peace, security and stability.

As part of the informal division of security responsibilities among Western nations, France has long been considered the “gendarme of Africa”.

Musk claims that over time, the Democratic party has moved further to the left, leaving him feeling closer politically to the Republican party.

If the US stayed in the tent under Trump, its negotiators could, for example, agitate to weaken any deals struck at future COP meetings. We saw such t...

The evictions have become more frequent, more violent and more widespread under Samia Suluhu Hassan, who assumed the presidency in 2021.

As the courts have made clear, the government cannot use national security as a justification to violate people's fundamental rights.

Groups such as Islamic State and al-Qaeda are committed to the establishment of these states, denouncing democratic governance.

IDHTBTW warns readers of the disasters that will ensue if we continue on the path of using natural resources irresponsibly.

In some countries, political parties voluntarily adopt rules and regulations to promote gender equality and women’s participation.

We are researchers with over 50 years of combined experience in conservation, big cat ecology, and the complexities of people and wildlife living toge...

The vaccine was deployed during the 2018-2020 Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo under emergency use authorisation.

Besigye was abducted in Nairobi on 16 November 2024. A few days later, he was arraigned in a military court in Uganda. He is a civilian.

For a decade Rhodes University’s Allan Gray Centre for Leadership Ethics has been developing a course called IiNtetho zoBomi, which translates from is...

The tree is native to at least 37 countries in Africa and two in the Arabian Peninsula.

Evidence emerging in the literature suggests that genetic risk factors significantly contribute to the development of prostate cancer.

Mahama’s 2024 victory gives him a chance to repair his legacy as the only president to have been voted out after one term.

Agroecology is a promising way forward in addressing Africa’s worsening food crisis.

Kenya’s former Deputy President styles himself as a “son of the Mau Mau”. Before his impeachment, he was increasingly vocal about the injustices faced...

With a strong Christian faith, she remains a traditional role model. She believes in strict regulations of highly limited abortion and is no friend of...

The militant group Harakat al-Shabaab, as it refers to itself, arose out of Ethiopia’s Somali regional state 18 years ago.

The US’s obsessive anti-communism, which escalated in the era of Senator Joseph McCarthy, at times took lethal forms when governments or leaders were...

The canal changed global trade in dramatic ways. It brings US$5 billion to Egyptian coffers each year, although it is unclear who exactly benefits fro...

Russia’s distraction and weakening support for the Assad government partly explains the opportunity seized by the HTS and SNA coalitions.

The “forever chemicals” don’t break down easily in the environment. They accumulate in organisms over time, moving up the food chain.

The museum, in the midst of the warzone and in an area controlled by the RSF, has suffered from the “fog-of-war”. This means that very little clear in...

Much progress has been made during the 30 years in the fight against HIV/Aids. An HIV diagnosis is no longer the death sentence it was in the 1990s.

West Africa’s recent string of coups can only be understood in the long view of postcolonial history. The military regimes of the past were brutally i...

In many places, women are the primary caregivers for children, the sick or the elderly, as well as being responsible for cooking and cleaning in the h...

The opposition coalition's win was a clear sweep. No candidates from the outgoing government were elected; it’s what’s referred to as a 60-0.