A ntarctica isn’t a floating chunk of ice like the Arctic. Beneath its frozen surface sits a solid continent of mountains, ...

Scientists uncover new gut microbes in Africa and say their findings could help make medicines more effective.

New research suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5 C climate change threshold -- the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement -- by 2040 even under low emission scenarios.

Francisca Mutapi is the Deputy Director of the Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) Partnership and Deputy Board Chair of Uniting to Combat NTDS. She sits on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth ...

Earth has seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. At this moment in history, that is fact, but it wasn’t always the case. Hundreds of millions ...

Africa has the most countries of any continent with a total of 54. Rather than following natural terrains or historical boundaries, many of its borders are strikingly straight in some areas and ...

South Africa will soon play host to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky South Africa is set to host Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on a state visit, President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed on ...

But just scrapping USAID cannot be the final step. Leaving it at that would create a dangerous power vacuum on a continent like Africa, where U.S. foreign policy should put forth a viable ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's foreign minister Ronald Lamola said on Monday that the United States had not responded to attempts to discuss President Donald Trump's executive ...