Festus Adegbola’s work on the BioSCape project monitors — from the air — how plants and wildfires influence bird diversity.

A simple online quiz game is revealing just how well (or badly) we know our continent's geography. The quiz, which you can try yourself here, asks you to identify where African countries are ...

The reality of African military spending in 2025 is shaped by geography, political dynamics, economic capability and regional ...

Africa has hosted many great empires over the ages, but despite having contact with both Europe and Asia, did not keep up technologically (except Wakanda). Here is one possible theory to explain why.

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has reaffirmed the Bank's central role in advancing Africa's ...

While most gut microbiome research focuses on high-income countries, a groundbreaking study led by two scientists from South ...

Xinjiang has long stood at the forefront of China's fight against desertification. Home to the Taklimakan Desert — China's ...

East Africa is rapidly emerging as a testing ground for the future of digital finance, where the promise of cryptocurrencies ...

Two major rail corridor projects in Africa have the potential to drive greater beneficiation, trade and socio-economic growth ...

A game-changing £520m bridge will soon link Africa's two closest capital cities, transforming travel across the Congo River.

The energy sector is one of the main targets of cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in Africa, but it is not the ...