The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's public health agency said ahead of a meeting with regional health ministers to discuss other financing options

Dinosaurs have captured people’s imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by geologist and palaeontologist Gideon Mantell in England.

For generations, collard greens have formed an important part of African and African-diaspora diets around the world.

The African penguin population has plummeted astronomically thanks to overfishing, climate change and other threats

Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies transitioned from hunting and gathering to farming. This sparked migrations across Europe and dramatically reshaped the continent’s gene pool.

People with albinism face widespread discrimination in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Tanzania, this minority has been subjected to extreme forms of violence. The government’s failure to protect their rights prompted the filing of a case before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The case was brought by…

The US president is making energy deals with Japan and Ukraine, and in Africa has even touted resurrecting coal

The ultramarathon runner is set to run a 3,000km mountainous trail which spans the length of New Zealand

Russ Cook previously raised more than £1 million by running the length of Africa.

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.