Africa

Different humans? Southern Africa homo sapiens got different genes from 100,000 years isolation, says study

December 10, 2025 8:40 pm

New genome data reveals a lost branch of Homo sapiens shaped by 100,000 years of genetic isolation.

Benin coup attempt foiled, says Interior Minister after dramatic televised Army takeover

December 07, 2025 10:43 pm

According to the soldiers, Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri has been appointed president of the military committee.

Ceramic jug with charred insects, fossilised faeces: Sudan’s site reveals forgotten burial traditions of an African kingdom

December 05, 2025 9:19 am

 Although the burial mound itself was modest, a simple oval rise of earth, it held a combination of objects that would soon raise questions about the rituals of this early civilisation.

Africa heading for a continental breakup, researchers predict a future ocean basin in next 5 to 10 million years

December 19, 2025 8:54 am

According to the team, the ongoing separation is progressing from the northeast to the south in a motion scientists liken to “the zip on a jacket,” tearing through the continent alongside intense volcanic and seismic activity.

From G20 to Luanda: How global shifts are transforming the African Union–EU partnership

December 02, 2025 12:20 pm

Europe’s search for energy security, critical minerals and geopolitical stability meets Africa’s push for agency and reform, transforming the relationship from donor–recipient dynamics to interest-driven, multipolar cooperation

Frustrated Gen Z threatens to topple African governments

October 16, 2025 2:16 pm

Each protest has had specific causes, but under the surface each reflects the failure of elected governments to provide economic opportunities for young people across a continent with the youngest population in the world.

Why Africa wants to ditch popular world map

August 20, 2025 7:06 am

The Mercator projection is useful for navigation. But it makes Africa look much smaller than it actually is

African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent's true size

August 14, 2025 6:02 pm

Created by cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation, the projection distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles like North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.

First-ever malaria treatment for babies approved, rollout expected in Africa soon

July 08, 2025 7:06 pm

Coartem Baby formulation fills critical treatment gap for infants under 4.5 kg.

70 years on, principles of Bandung Conference can guide Global South

April 26, 2025 11:39 am

The Global South has to be at the forefront of shaping the evolving multipolar world focused on an equitable global community. The architects of Bandung would expect nothing less of us

‘If they die, we all die’: Drought kills in Kenya

November 08, 2021 6:31 pm

As world leaders address a global climate summit in Glasgow, pastoralists in Kenya watch their beloved animals suffer from lack of water and food.

Kenya's ivory pyre to spread awareness about elephant poaching

April 29, 2016 1:08 pm

Around a dozen ivory pyres were set in preparation for it to be torched on Saturday to encourage global efforts to help stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos.

PM Modi greets African delegates on sidelines of India-Africa Forum Summit

October 28, 2015 4:18 pm

The ministers and officials are in New Delhi for the third India-Africa Forum Summit, to be held between October 26 and 30.

Living on the edge in conflict-hit Central African Republic

January 28, 2014 4:24 pm

A new interim civilian government has pledged to halt the violence and attempt to organise elections in Central African Republic before February 2015.

Africa to be major energy source for India, says Petroleum Minister

January 22, 2016 5:40 am

New Delhi, Jan 22 (ANI): Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that with the global economic situation currently at a critical phase, it is imperative that India and Africa forge deeper collaboration, particularly in the field of energy. Indian refiners boosted imports of African crude oil in 2015 to the highest in at least five years and slightly cut their intake from America as refiners benefited from changing global oil flows caused by surplus supply. Pradhan said the Government has decided to diversify energy basket. Pradhan added that the new discoveries in Africa have seen oil reserves grow by over 100 percent and gas reserves grow by over 55 percent and this would improve Africa's position as an exporter of not only oil but also gas. India, the world's fourth-biggest oil consumer, raised its imports of African oil as the continent's mainly light, sweet crudes helped fill increasing demand for gasoline and diesel fuel.

Kurtas For Africa Heads Of State, MEA Seeks Their Measurements

September 29, 2015 2:40 pm