The tradition of star chart mapping in Africa extends far back in history, suggesting that ancient African cultures were keen ...

The United Nations has launched a second International Decade for People of African Descent. This new decade — which officially began January 1, 2025, and will continue until December 31 ...

WOLA’s Director for the Andes, Gimena Sánchez, praised the historic resolution adopted by the United Nations, which establishes the second International Decade for People of African Descent (2025–2034 ...

However, the core of Hounsou’s work centers around reconnecting Black people to their African roots. He approaches that work through Africa Reconnect, a series of music and cultural events ...

Six more bodies have been recovered from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where scores of people have reportedly died underground since authorities tried to force them out and seal the mine ...

In a sign of the importance Russia places in its relationships in Africa, Vladimir Putin met Thursday with Touadéra in Moscow, in what were the Russian president’s first international talks ...

Fact-checking initiatives in Francophone Africa — where many Indigenous languages also are spoken — typically publish their ...

The implication of this argument is that all modern people are ultimately of African descent. The other theory, known as the 'Multi-regional' Model, is that Homo sapiens evolved simultaneously in ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

January 17, 2025 • In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.