The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

This 1935 map of Africa is more than just a historical artifact—it’s a window into the past. As we unroll its fragile pages, we embark on a journey to understand Africa’s vast and varied ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

Scientific advances, initiatives, and injustices in Sub–Saharan Africa shape the Black diaspora through ancestry, migration, ...

With Morocco and Algeria ballooning their military budgets in anticipation of an all-out war, one area remains as “Africa’s last colony”, leaving a black hole in global data. Western Sahara ...

To develop the new map, Oelze and her team combined previously available strontium isotope data for parts of south and east Africa with data from Angola that the core team had published in 2023 ...

A team of researchers led by UC Santa Cruz recently released a sophisticated new map that reveals, for the first time, the unique "geologic fingerprints" for most of the African continent.

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much ...