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

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

Elder statesman, Dr. Usman Bugaje, has lamented the deteriorating condition of Northern Nigeria, stressing that the region is facing serious challenges that require collective efforts to prevent total ...

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A visit to Accra offers a rich mix of small-town bungalow communities and sleek new high-rises, of exuberant dancing outdoors ...

Here are the key developments on the 1,055th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles travelled up to 250km (155 miles) before ...

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(Nairobi) – Governments in Central Africa suppressed civil and political rights, especially in the context of elections, with impunity in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report ...

Maps grew up alongside his two younger sisters in Pretoria, South Africa. He completed his primary school education at the Sunnyside Primary School and later joined Lyttleton Manor High School. After ...

One weather map generated by WX Charts on Tuesday (January ... with hill fog and patchy drizzle. North and northwest Scotland will see rain, while some sunshine will develop elsewhere.

SNSB and LMU Paleontologists have identified a new species of predatory dinosaur from the Cretaceous period in North Africa, about 95 million years old. What makes this discovery so special is ...

“The civic organisation in the North West is ready to open criminal ... Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites bringing ...