Africa has hosted many great empires over the ages, but despite having contact with both Europe and Asia, did not keep up technologically (except Wakanda). Here is one possible theory to explain why.

A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.

For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish ...

“We’ve never had $30 billion allocated for energy access in Africa. We never even had $1 billion.” It’s hard to know exactly how many units currently exist. Manoj Sinha, CEO of Husk Power ...

An informal meeting of the United Nations General Assembly plenary was held today in New York to hear a briefing by South Africa’s G20 Sherpa, Zane Dangor, as the country assumes the G20 ...

Elon Musk attends the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, welcomes Ursula von ...

STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command was in the political crosshairs even before it stood up 18 years ago in Germany’s automotive capital. From the outset, putting a four-star military ...

Where it is not racked by war, military coups or jihadism, much of Africa is battling economic ... drove across a bridge so new that Google Maps had yet to give it a name). The drive from Abidjan ...