In a little over a year, the Moon will carve a shadow across three continents and briefly turn midday into deep twilight. The ...

On the surface, it’s just an old map—but every border tells a deeper story. This 1935 view of Africa offers a striking look into colonial power and how it shaped the continent ...

A new study led by Yale anthropologist Catherine Panter-Brick examines how stakeholders in socially diverse, ...

Mohamed Salah has scored with the last kick in extra time and sealed Egypt's 3-1 win over Benin in the Africa Cup of Nations ...

By digging carefully, archaeologists can connect information from aDNA to information about the social lives of these people.

Climate shocks are reshaping ecosystems, creating new pathways for disease across Africa, writes Albert Ansah. When Martin Ariku walks through what remains of his once-productive fields in Bazua, in ...