West African leaders meeting in Abuja have issued a sweeping communiqué that hardens the regional bloc's stance against coups, revives momentum for a single currency, and lays out a far-reaching ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

Washington’s strategy treats the Horn as a strategic zone for resources and security, ...

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) may not have the glamour of hydrogen or offshore wind, but it is having a significant influence ...

Across many parts of Africa’s Atlantic coastline, the sea is advancing several metres inland each year, destroying homes, ...

A new satellite called Sentinel 5A has started sending back its first images, capturing fresh views of Earth's ozone hole.

A climate of fear has gripped Uvira, a strategic city in eastern Congo, after it fell to the Rwanda-backed M23 group ...

A team of Germany-based researchers recently unveiled GlobalBuildingAtlas, which is likely the most detailed 3D map of ...

Nearly all international internet traffic voyages along a handful of submarine fibre-optic cable highways. They make ...

The thunder of a rifle echoes across the Savannah. Antelope scatter as birds of all feathers take to the air. A dull thud ...

Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...

Plants and animals across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by 24 percent since preindustrial days. Large mammals like forest ...