Africa: Oldest Known Cremation in Africa Poses 9,500-Year-Old Mystery About Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers

Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in… Read more »

Africa: Choosing a Career? in a Fast-Changing Job Market, Listen to Your Inner Self - Counsellor

The world of work today, in the 21st century, is far more unpredictable than it was in the 20th century. Jobs come and go, roles change constantly, and automation and digital… Read more »

Africa: Apongo Was a Rebel Leader in Jamaica - a Diary Entry Sheds Light On His West African Origins

For over three centuries, between 1526 and 1866, at least 10.5 million Africans were forcibly trafficked to the Americas in the transatlantic slave trade. Over half of them (with… Read more »

Africa: The Politics of the Hyper-Polluting Private Transport Used By the World's Super-Rich Is Hotting Up

While millions of people make the effort to sort their recycling, buy fewer clothes and generally make greener choices, the world's wealthiest can emit the same amount of carbon as… Read more »

Africa: Great Apes Are Humans' Closest Relatives, but Many Are Endangered By Illegal Trading. Here's What Needs to Be Done

Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number of humans living on the planet is increasing fast,… Read more »

Africa: Looted African Belongings Must Be Returned - Is It Repatriation or Restitution? the Words We Use Matter

Museums and universities around the world hold vast collections of cultural artefacts, artworks, objectified belongings and even ancestral remains. Many were not freely given but… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Rarest Carnivore - the Story of the First Ethiopian Wolf Ever Captured, Nursed and Returned to the Wild

What's the value of one animal? When a wild animal is found badly injured, the most humane option is often euthanasia to prevent further suffering. That's what usually happens, and… Read more »

Africa: When Kids Move Overseas - Why Visits Are So Rare for South Africa's Emigrant Families

More than one million South Africans, about 1.6% of the country's population of 63 million, currently live overseas. Emigration is never a solitary event or a purely economic… Read more »

Africa: The Twelve Viruses of Christmas, and How to Make Your Own - Out of Paper

Viruses, as we all know, are invisibly small things that make us sick. But is that the whole story? Read more »

Africa: Internet Shutdowns Are Increasing Dramatically in Africa - a New Book Explains Why

Between 2016 and 2024 there were 193 internet shutdowns imposed in 41 African countries. This form of social control is a growing trend in the continent, according to a new open… Read more »

Africa: Coup Contagion? a Rash of African Power Grabs Suggests Copycats Are Taking Note of Others' Success

In a scene that has become familiar across parts of Africa of late, a group of armed men in military garb appeared on state TV on Dec. 7, 2025, to announce that they had suspended… Read more »

Africa: Family Time - How to Survive - and Even Thrive - Over the Holidays

At the end of the year, many families reunite to enjoy time together. These times can be happy, yet sometimes they reveal tensions, unsatisfied needs and difficult relationships.… Read more »

Africa: The History of the Zambezi River Is a Tale of Culture, Conquest and Commerce

The Zambezi is Africa's fourth longest river, flowing through six countries: Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, where it becomes the largest river to flow… Read more »

Africa: Early Shoppers - How African Consumers Set Global Trade Trends in the 1800s

A dynamic new "consumer class" emerging from Africa is attracting international attention. With the prospect of rising incomes and a young population, international consulting… Read more »

Africa: Coups in Africa - How Democratic Failings Help Shape Military Takeovers - Study

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea and Gabon have all suffered regime change in the last five years, led by men in military uniform. Read more »

Africa: Telling People to Use Antibiotics Responsibly Isn't Enough. What Will Work Instead

Antimicrobial resistance is projected to cause up to 10 million deaths each year by 2050, making it one of the most pressing global health challenges of this century. In 2021, an… Read more »

Africa: South Africa and Pakistan - Countries Brought to Their Knees By Elite Capture and Economic Paralysis

In the ongoing quest to understand South Africa's political and economic stagnation, it may be helpful to look at other postcolonial states that have travelled further along the… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Power Grabs Are Rising - the AU's Mixed Response Is Making Things Worse

Hardly a month goes by without news of another unconstitutional change of government on the African continent. Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Water, Energy and Food Crisis - Why Fixing One Means Fixing Them All

South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and ageing infrastructure strain water supplies. Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's G20 Presidency Is Over - What Did It Achieve for Climate and Clean Energy in Africa?

South Africa opened its G20 presidency with an ambitious message for a world divided by conflict and economic strain: solidarity, equality and sustainability. The Johannesburg G20… Read more »

Africa: Women's Voices At the G20 - Action Urged On Economic Empowerment, Care Work, Health, Climate Justice and Forced Labour

The G20 group of the world's 20 most powerful economies and the African and European Unions has a group dedicated to women empowerment - the Women 20 (W20). Set up in 2015 to… Read more »

Africa: Facing Myriad Global Pressures, Iran Intensifies Outreach to African Partners for Critical Needs

Burkina Faso's security minister headed to Tehran on Nov. 12, 2025, for high-level talks with Iranian officials. The visit was a fruitful one: The West African nation reopened its… Read more »

Southern Africa: Becoming Human in Southern Africa - What Ancient Hunter-Gatherer Genomes Reveal

New genetic research is shedding light on some of the earliest chapters of our human history. In one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists analysed DNA from 28 individuals… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Drylands Need the Right Kind of Support - Listening to the Pastoralists Who Live There

Africa's drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict and poverty on the other. Media stories tend to emphasise… Read more »

Africa: African Land Policy Reforms Have Been Good for Women and Communities - but Review of 18 Countries Shows Major Gaps

Land tenure is the relationship, defined in law and customs, that people as individuals or groups have with land. It involves a bundle of rights to land, such as the right to use,… Read more »