While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia – in pursuit of hidden ...

At the same time it maps and gathers voices that are not often encountered in academic studies, or even on bookstore shelves. As a scholar of southern African literary ... The same cannot be said of ...

Record seven-time winner Egypt was placed with three southern African teams in the draw for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations ...

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after ...

One of the most heart-warming stories in Nigeria last week was that seven governors, only three of them from Nigeria, met in Maiduguri to push forward with concerted efforts to salvage the Lake Chad ...

Angola map with Angolan flag, zooming in from the space through a ... The Republic of Angola is a country of Southern Africa. Fabric textured background. Selective focus. Seamless looping in slow ...

A birthday card and a chance glimpse of a recruiting poster put Jimmy Story on track for a career in foreign services. As the U.S. ambassador to Angola, he's helping promote trade between the two ...

Switzerland’s top criminal court convicted a multinational company for the first time, ruling against commodities trader ...