Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, to heal, or to protect, said Dr. Cheikh Babou, a history professor and ...

The U.N. children's fund says armed men in eastern Congo raped hundreds of children and recruited child soldiers at unprecedented levels as the conflict in the mineral- rich region intensified in ...

Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to the Great Green Wall initiative, which aims to restore 100 million hectares of land by 2030.He gave the commitment ...

As the early morning mist lifts over the plains of northern Uganda, women gather at the Pader Shea Nut and Agro-processing ...

Once a holding cell for kidnapped Africans, the island’s House of Slaves is today a UNESCO World Heritage site—and the site of healing and atonement.

A recent study monitored ant-feeding behaviors in savanna chimpanzees in Senegal, concluding that the ... memories to know where and in what trees they can find ripe wild fruit.

A Maine man driving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 89 in Warner was injured in a crash Saturday night, State Police said. Joseph Johnston, 55, of Otisfield, Maine, was taken to Concord Hospital ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali ... He spent 711 days in desert captivity, sleeping chained to a tree, eating dried goat meat and plotting his escape. Nearly two years after ...

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police on Tuesday said that it has arrested Ukrainian actor Armen Attain in connection with the Torres scam. The officials said that he is accused of ...

Four trees and a toilet block are blocking the demolition of the Sion Road Over Bridge, which has been shut since August 2024. The railways have sent a letter to the Brihanmumbai Municipal ...