Geography also plays a role. Accra sits on the historic Gold Coast, making centuries of interaction with traders – including ...

Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic ...

How is Mahashivratri celebrated outside India? Know about global traditions in Nepal, Mauritius, Pakistan, and the USA as the ...

Follow historic African trade routes through heritage towns, markets and archaeological sites that reveal centuries of global ...

It was exactly today, 50 years ago, that the late General Murtala Mohammed made that historical broadcast that brought to a pleasant climax, the years of struggle by some eminent Igbo leaders and ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

U.S. President Donald Trump has extended a 26-year-old free-trade agreement with African countries. Trump on Tuesday signed an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA.

William Sanders Scarborough was an African-American ex-slave who authored a Greek textbook. His First Lessons in Greek ...

The year 1936 was a very significant one. And a person did not have to be a foreign correspondent to see another world war on the horizon. In Europe Adolf Hitler seized the area in western Germany the ...

The issue of who was considered Greek during the era of ancient Greece has been a matter of broad scholarly debate for ...

Across the diverse landscapes of Africa, few animals have captured the imagination and reverence of cultures as profoundly as the leopard (Panthera pardus). With its striking rosette-patterned coat, ...

With world-class wildlife, tropical beaches, iconic mountains and ancient history, all wrapped up with a warm welcome, Tanzania is one of Africa’s top travel destinations. BySarah Kingdom, Contributor ...