Giraffes are among the world's most recognizable animals. With their elongated necks and long legs, their gracious movements ...

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported metagenomes from several African sites. The paper, titled "Expanding the human ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

In the same way that The Beatles opened up the world to music in India, Led Zeppelin did the same thing with music in North Africa. When Jimmy Page and Robert Plant travelled, they took in the culture ...

As the trend towards the international dispersion of certain value chain activities produces challenges, discover policies to meet these Tax transparency and international co-operation Enhanced ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A girl holds a portrait of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a market in Lagos, Nigeria, March 31, 1978, the ...

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Flipping through a family album, Keachia Bowers paused on a photo of her as a baby on her father’s lap as he held the 1978 album “Africa Stand Alone” by the Jamaican reggae band Culture.

Dynamics are shifting in North Africa as the region navigates a quieter political year in 2025, further presenting a delicate balance of progress and persisting challenges shaping the region’s future.

As 2025 dawns, African nations are looking out onto an uncertain global political landscape. Russia's grinding war in Ukraine still has no end in sight, the United States is about to swear in an ...

Arabic is spoken by over 150 million Africans. It is a key language in North Africa, including Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, and Tunisia. Its many dialects add to its richness. Arabic is the sacred ...