Building relationships with the region, rather than transactional neocolonialism, is the best route for strengthening the ...

People living in North Africa today can trace their ancestry back to a unique human population that lived in the Sahara at a ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago.

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

A new report says that more women than men working in Africa’s outsourcing sector will likely see their tasks in the ...

A new report says that more women than men working in Africa’s outsourcing sector will likely lose their jobs by 2030 because of artificial intelligence and automation.

The U.S. government's imposition of steep tariffs on African nations signals the end of the AGOA trade deal, an initiative ...

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and welcomed American presidents. It made history again this year: Thanks ...

A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed ...

Jehan Perera The sudden reemergence of two major incidents from the past, that had become peripheral to the concerns of ...