A body that was discovered in Alabama nearly 20 years ago was identified as an escaped inmate who had been using a fake name, ...

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold ...

For decades, Washington has sought to prop up the government in Mogadishu, but Somalia remains a fractured state. Political ...

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The ...

On the African continent, Nigeria and Ghana have emerged as hubs for internet fraud. The “ Yahoo Boys ” operating in Nigeria ...

Two women who described themselves as caretakers are accused of stealing from a 66-year-old woman before reporting her death, ...

Estevan Park in Tucson is named after the first African American explorer of the southwestern United States, and some call ...

Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a ...

Dakar Harrigan and Marquis Brooks are breaking barriers in a community where there aren't many barbers who look like them.

South Africa’s second biggest political party has launched a legal challenge against a new land expropriation law that was ...

For many decades, Africans were under colonial rule that gave them little or no chance to express their desires. Despite the numerous obstacles, some youngsters (who eventually became renowned African ...

Prof Bethwell Allan Ogot was an intellectual force who fiercely advocated for the decolonisation of African history ...