In African countries elephants are often smaller in stature than ... More seriously, along with flying squirrels, and polecats they cause huge losses on coconut plantations. A recent pronouncement ...

Said John Endres, CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations ... with a fragrance fair / A fragrance such as rank hyenas know / A rancid stench a polecat would forego”, the latter line being ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Several African nations committed on Monday to open up their electricity sectors to attract investors and light up homes of 300 million people currently lacking ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (Reuters) - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in ...

WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.

By Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Three military-ruled countries have officially withdrawn from the West African regional alliance known as ECOWAS, the bloc said on Wednesday ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. In the coming years Africa will become more important than at any time in the modern era. Over the next decade its ...

Yet, for 600 million people in Africa, this right remains out of reach. They lack access to the essential opportunities electricity provides: modern healthcare, quality education, greater quality of ...

Gaw has rescued more than 2,500 pugs in South Africa over the years after she and her husband sold their house, lived in a trailer home for a while and generally reset their lives to help as many ...

Last week, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi completed the top Chinese leadership’s 140th trip to African countries since 2007. He did this by continuing a tradition that has been in place for ...