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According to Nada Salem, “Our research challenges previous assumptions about North African population history and highlights the existence of a deeply rooted and long-isolated genetic lineage.” It is ...

Regional Bodies Should Press Governments to Respect Rights, Promote Accountability Southern African countries committed serious human rights violations throughout 2025, creating vicious cycles of ...

The G20’s new critical minerals framework wants to move Africa beyond raw exports so that mineral wealth creates jobs and ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated.

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The annual visit to 4-5 African countries has become traditional – but each year it’s still accompanied by concrete objectives. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Ethiopian Foreign ...