Moo Deng, whose name means “bouncy pork”, shot to fame soon after she was born in July this year, thanks to viral videos that ...

South Africa says it won’t help 4,000 miners running out of food inside closed mine - ...

In the heart of Benin City, the Museum of West African Arts , MOWAA, is rising as a cultural beacon, reclaiming the ancient ...

Focusing on climate finance, the decisions to be taken at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in ...

Standing below a stump of splintered limbs, I looked up at a grey sky once filled with flourishing boughs. Torn down by a heavy storm in May 2023, Freetown’s historic 400-year-old Cotton Tree is now ...

Interview - Thandiswa Mazwai has lived the modern history of African music. In the early '90s, when she was still a teenager, she pioneered the emerging kwaito sound in South Africa, first with a trio ...

The first edition of Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa was published in 1993, followed by the second edition in 2001. With the release of the third edition in 2024, Skelton, who has devoted much of ...

As the magnitude of Johannesburg's water crisis becomes clear, water authorities are beginning to look at what it would take to use water from alternative sources, including Joburg's rivers. To gauge ...

One of West Africa's most iconic hiking destinations is under threat and diminishing fast due to illegal 'slash and burn' farming. Located in the Southern Koinadugu region of Sierra Leone, the Loma ...

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) is rated "Hold". The stock represents a gold mining company with strong financials, ...

Gauteng drives South Africa's economy, contributing 33.2% of GDP despite housing over a quarter of the population.

A new global risk map for 2025 identifies countries that have the potential to pose high-risk and extreme risk for travelers.