South Africa is shaken by allegations of criminal interference at the highest levels - the minister of the police.

Self-taught builders in South Africa are tackling the housing shortage in poor communities.

Discover the origins of popular games and puzzles like Rubik's Cube, Jenga, Sudoku, Battleship, and more in this informative ...

Drawn by European powers with little regard for the people living there, this map from 1935 still shapes Africa’s politics, ...

Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal are among the invited leaders. The news of the summit comes after a ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...

An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 distinct languages across the continent, which have roots in ...

African qualifying for FIFA World Cup 26™ returns this week after more than nine months away, with it all still to play for on one of the most passionate footballing continents.

To mark its return, FIFA has put together a quiz on all things CAF qualifying! Can you get 10/10? For the first time ever, up to ten African countries could take part at the FIFA World Cup.

Scientists uncover new gut microbes in Africa and say their findings could help make medicines more effective.