Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

Deep within the Earth’s mantle, rhythmic pulses of hot lava are emerging on the surface, offering a rare glimpse into the ...

Take a world tour of monsters, from vampires in Serbia and giants in Cornwall to festivals of dragons in Bavaria and ...

Africa Corps, which is believed to be run by the Russian defence ministry, is stepping up its presence and filling the gap ...

Passport Chocolate-powered vehicle on the road to Timbuktu iStockphoto.com We’ve all heard about cars powered by wacky biofuels, including switchgrass and leftover French fry oil.

Yet for propitious economic partnerships to be fostered, the continent’s politics have to remain expedient to Western interests. In much of Africa, the reverse is true.

Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the hidden force tearing it apart.

Traore, who was in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, is Africa’s youngest leader at 37, a strong appeal for the continent’s young population that ...

Traore, who was in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, is Africa’s youngest leader at 37, a strong appeal for the continent's young population that is ...

Mouctar Cissé, a librarian at the Al Qadi private library in Timbuktu, where hundreds of ancient manuscripts are being preserved. Not one of them, however, is being translated. JOE PENNEY TIMBUKTU — ...

Despite Laing being the first European to set foot in Timbuktu, the fame and fortune, 10,000 Francs and the Legion of Honour would fall to Caillié, the French explorer who came behind.