"The Rumble in the Jungle" pitted George Foreman against Muhammad Ali in Africa, and it was arguably the most notable fight ...

U.S.A.I.D. The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is now expected to be the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s aid cuts. The United ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Trump administration’s decision to expel the South African ambassador is its latest move against a country it has singled out for sanctions and accused of being ...

Cindy Ngamba makes her pro boxing debut Friday in London. Ngamba made history at the Paris Olympics when she became the first athlete competing as a refugee to earn a medal.

NJ Ayuk (right), founder and executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber, signs an MoU with Tima Networks during a forum held in Shanghai on Thursday. CHINA DAILY Chinese companies have been ...

Africa has the most countries of any continent with a total of 54. Rather than following natural terrains or historical boundaries, many of its borders are strikingly straight in some areas and ...

It was the late 19th century and European nations were beginning to look at the African continent as a more permanent resource base for their newly growing industrial sectors. More than the ...

New research suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5 C climate change threshold -- the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement -- by 2040 even under low emission scenarios.

The February gathering in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, focused on reparatory justice and racial healing for Africans and people of African descent. "The decision to classify slavery ...

The tornado tore the metal roof off a house, downed trees and shredded fences in a residential neighborhood on its path to ...

Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about ...

He is also working on an epic biography of the legendary South African boxer Jacob Ntuli, who Motshumi befriended in the 1980s. "The guy had a remarkable story. After becoming a champ in South ...