Extreme weather events such as flooding, drought, wildfires, water scarcity and rise in sea levels driven by climate change ...

William De La Palma Director, Dutch West India Co. September 5, 1705 The history of the European seaborne slave trade with Africa goes back 50 years prior to Columbus' initial voyage to the Americas.

Map showing the environmental sampling locations focused on filling gaps in West Africa, West-Central Africa, and parts of ...

Once a holding cell for kidnapped Africans, the island’s House of Slaves is today a UNESCO World Heritage site—and the site of healing and atonement.

Slavery has existed in the world for several millennia. Before the development of technology to perform tedious tasks, slave ...

The 38th African Union (AU) Summit due to convene in Addis Ababa next week has identified "Justice for Africans and People of ...

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

The West Africa Squadron, which operated between 1808 and 1860, is believed to have seized approximately 1,600 ships involved in the slave trade and freed 150,000 Africans who were aboard.

Benin is one of the 17 countries that Nigerian passport holders can visit without visa in 2025, according to the Africa Visa ...

In the 1600s the Netherlands established one of the world’s first art markets – but it couldn’t have happened without the ...