Africa has for the first time become the continent with the largest number of people facing hunger, a UN report said Tuesday, ...

South Africa and Egypt are the only countries in Africa with established nuclear projects, but several other countries are ...

Africa can now rely on the services of a satellite constellation tailored for the continent to provide reliable data over a wide range of essential human activities and for the protection of the ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of the ...

The vision of a "borderless Africa" is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist movement. There are contradictions, however, between those ...

The Catholic Church's conclave to select the next pope will begin May 7, with some wondering if the church will continue down the path of non-European pontiffs by electing an African pope. This ...

Amnesty International on Friday urged member states of the African Union to continue providing political, legal, and financial support to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (African ...

A mixture of poetry, plays, memoirs, and novels awaits the reader, showcasing the best of Africa and the diaspora this year. A much-anticipated translation from Portuguese and a second effort by multi ...