A painting of an African prince by Gustav Klimt, lost since World War II and recently restituted, is on offer at TEFAF.

Underground seed banks in South Africa that date back over 130 years have been found to contain fynbos seeds that are alive.

Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...

Melting at an alarming rate, this majestic sight is forcing both scientists and locals to quickly adapt in a changing world A ...

Ten30 Pictures founder Kutlwano Ditsele says the Netflix series 'GO!' set the model for how he can turn his Joburg studio ...

That’s why Nigeria is placing its bets on solar mini-grids—small installations that produce up to 10 megawatts of electricity ...

The World Bank is launching Education Business Plan 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa, to prepare over 200 million children and youth to transform Africa's future. The goal is for all children and ...

Most people know of someone in their family who has been diagnosed with cancer. The earlier doctors find cancer, the sooner treatment can start. So it’s helpful to know the most common types of ...

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 ...

More than the ongoing trade between the two continents that had run for decades, though, the Europeans wanted direct control of Africa’s natural resources. In addition, these countries aimed to ...

New research suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5 C climate change threshold -- the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement -- by 2040 even under low emission scenarios.