Africa

Shoebill birds can reach a height of five feet, but the prehistoric-looking creatures generally aren’t taller than people.…

Among the millions of beetle species on Earth, few are as intriguing as dung beetles — not for…

Nine cases reported in Ethiopia’s Omo region, bordering conflict-wracked South Sudan, which has a fragile health system. Published…

INDIANAPOLIS — Visitors at the Indianapolis Zoo were instructed to shelter in place after an animal apparently escaped.…

Once lauded as a remedy for Ethiopia’s advancing desertification, a non-native tree has transformed into an uncontrolled menace…

President Ramaphosa says, ‘The United States needs to think again whether boycott politics actually works because in my…

The Congo Basin, a region of tropical forest larger than India, is at a point where further damage…

Trump calls it a ‘disgrace’ that South Africa is hosting the G20, reiterates debunked claims of a ‘genocide’…

China’s exports fell in October amid a volatile trade war with the United States – though recent high-level…

Lagos-based Ventures Platform, one of Africa’s most active early-stage investors, has raised $64 million so far for its…

LONDON — A vast majority of Egyptians surveyed during a study said they supported Islamic-based inheritance rules in…

In April 1998, a young geologist and his team set out from the village of Moribadou and trekked…

Video shows towering dinosaur-like shoebill bird. What’s happening?