The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main ...

Top hiking tips for over-50s in South Africa: gear, safety, easy trails, and clubs to join. Start your best hiking journey ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that East Africa is splitting faster than previously believed due to a fiery upwelling of molten rock from Earth’s mantle. The East African Rift could soon birth a new ...

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A ...

Africa’s logistics and transportation sector stands on the brink of major transformation. From deepening geopolitical complexity to a renewed push for private-sector involvement, 2025 is rapidly ...

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...

China has become Africa’s single largest trading partner. In response, media and policymakers in traditionally dominant states are increasingly using maps drenched in red or stamped with Chinese ...

Researchers have assembled a map of strontium, a naturally occurring element, across sub-Saharan Africa. These data can be compared with strontium levels measured in human remains to more ...

have formulated “a timetable and road map” for how President Xi Jinping’s US$50 billion funding commitment will go into African infrastructure projects over the next three years. Chinese ...

"Every South African will be part of the journey towards a better future for all." Pretoria aims to put African development priorities firmly on the G20 agenda – and more broadly, those of the ...