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

Slavery has existed in the world for several millennia. Before the development of technology to perform tedious tasks, slave ...

Digital propaganda and manipulated information by external actors erode public confidence in democracy on the continent.

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — An ambitious, multinational research project funded by NASA and co-led by the University at Buffalo has ...

“We Need New Names” is NoViolet Bulawayo’s 2013 debut novel about a young impoverished African girl who eventually moves to ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...

Others fear that international recognition would encourage other secessionist movements in Africa. In recent years ... other secessionist movements on the continent, such as Nigeria’s Biafra ...

These dynamics (and many more) offer our country a unique opportunity to convene important stakeholders to propose policy solutions that benefit the African continent to a greater degree.

which belong to separate continents, actually share a land border. Looking closer at a map of the world, you will soon notice that Spain has two small territories - Ceuta and Melilla - on the northern ...