Here is a breakdown on where things stand in the nine groups. African national teams are gearing up for their fifth and sixth matchdays out of ten (except for Group E following Eritrea's exit ...

Thus, the Hamitic hypothesis persisted in colonial scholarship, suggesting that some African peoples were more civilised than others. According to this theory, groups engaged in cattle breeding with ...

“Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus,” by John William Waterhouse, 1891. Circe was among one of the most famous femme fatales in Greek mythology. Credit: Public Domain There are many strong and ...

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 ...

Nigeria’s U-17 girls, the Flamingos, secured a crucial 3-1 victory over South Africa’s Bantwana in Pretoria on Saturday. The victory put the Nigerian girls in a strong position to advance to ...

Below, Hers separates the fad from fact and busts some common weight loss myths. Willpower is a hopefully small part of weight loss, but it's not the only thing at play. If your weight loss ...

In the first of a series Sara Gon writes on the concept of demographic representivity There are many myths perpetuated in South African politics. A myth is a “widely held but false idea or belief”.

In an effort to relay the truth and inspire more travelers to do what I did, here are six myths about traveling Africa that I discovered and experienced. More importantly it neglects to highlight the ...

The U.S. government has shut down Power Africa, a program launched in 2013 by former President Barack Obama to expand electricity access across Africa, Bloomberg reports. Most of Power Africa’s ...

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 ...