Leaders in several West African countries increased crackdowns on freedoms as they strengthened their hold on power in 2025.

With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move.

Liberians at home and abroad were watching closely as President Joseph Boakai delivered his third Annual Message to the ...

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, marking two years of leadership with what his administration describes as visible gains and ...

A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer questions about the Balcones Escarpment and the Balcones Fault ...

The G20’s new critical minerals framework wants to move Africa beyond raw exports so that mineral wealth creates jobs and ...

As President Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, his son-in-law Jared Kushner presented his vision of turning ...

South Africa has launched an inquiry into Iran’s participation in joint naval drills with BRICS nations last week, apparently against the orders of President Cyril Ramaphosa. BRICS is a group of 10 ...

A new analysis of drug trials used to approve medicines in the United States shows how far modern medicine still has to go to ...

The outline of a hand made with red pigment on the wall of a cave in Indonesia at least 67,800 years ago may be the world’s ...