The first woman was elected to lead a country 64 years ago. Here’s a look at where, and when, women have secured national ...

Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He maxed out his credit cards, injured his back — and made it happen.

Sloths weren't always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons ...

Cocoa looks to be the biggest gainer among major commodities this year, even outpacing the rise in the U.S. stock market and bitcoin, with prices for chocolate's main ingredient having more than ...

United States history is riddled with events we half-remember that changed entire nations. Woods makes those real.

Our moon goes through phases, sometimes turning red or disappearing into shadows. Here's what you need to know about the full moon.

No one expects a great deal of focus on Africa policy from the incoming Trump administration. But the Africa portfolio in ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted the country’s Bureau de Change (BDC) operators temporary access to the official foreign exchange market from December 19 to January 30, 2025, it said in a ...

The U.N.'s food agency says more than 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa.

A man in western Congo has died with hemorrhagic fever symptoms. Health authorities say that has led them to suspect that a ...

Global box office revenues are expected to rebound to $33 billion in 2025, according to a Gower Street Analytics' forecast.

South Africa's Policy Uncertainty Index surged to 65.7 in Q4, reflecting fears about sluggish economic recovery and global ...