Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies. Scientists say they believe it's the first evidence ...

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to ...

The worst floods in decades across a swath of West and Central Africa are deepening a record food-insecurity crisis in a ...

South African petrochemicals company Sasol and state power utility Eskom said on Friday they had agreed to jointly explore ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

A British businessman, who was a former contractor for South Africa's ailing power utility Eskom, has been extradited from ...

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bat in the second one-day international against an inexperienced South Africa.

South Africa's central bank struck a measured tone after its first rate cut in more than four years on Thursday, saying ...

British boxing superstar Anthony Joshua will throw down against Daniel Dubois before 96,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday. However, will we ever see 'AJ' compete in his family's ...

The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal for nearly $59 million on Friday to support efforts to halt the rapid ...

South Africa’s first interest-rate cut since 2020 quickly divided economists over how much further it will go after making a ...

Africa CDC has said that the continent needs around 10 million ... Abdullahi Tsanni is a summer 2024 science writing intern at Science News. He earned a master's degree in science writing at the ...