New research suggests the origins of modern humans may have begun by the sea in southern Africa 70,000 years ago.

Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon will battle in Rabat for Africa’s final World Cup slot in a high-stakes CAF play-off ...

The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to ...

The book Fading Footprints: In Search of South Africa’s First People begins with a death notice from 1913 – a woman called ...

Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 storm, is approaching the island's southern coast with maximum sustained winds of 295km/h ...

Explore how Africa’s colonial borders still shape politics, conflicts, and identities across the continent today.

He died eight days after an attack outside his university gates. On August 13, 22-year-old Leeroy Kundai Ziweya, a Zimbabwean ...

Google reversed a prank renaming of Kruger National Park to Skukuza National Park, confirming no official name change was ...

A city mosque will kick off a five-day exhibition on the connection between Islam and Black history in the United States with a panel discussion at Morgan State University. The Muslim Community ...

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the conservative majority signaled it might prohibit using race as a factor in creating election districts. Resulting redistricting could let states cement ...

The last of the ships that some credit with winning World War II for the Allies has plowed through the waters of the Midwest, where people got a chance to visit it.

When I visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), one exhibit stopped me in my tracks. It described European traders arriving in Africa to exchange goods with ...