Enko Education, a group of African International Schools, announces the closure of a $24M equity investment from Africa ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...

Today, the term "Big Five" refers to the beauty and power of some of Africa's most iconic animals. However, it has a much darker history.

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

No, I’m not talking about Donald Trump, but rather his wily South African analog, Jacob Zuma, whose tenure as president from ...

Cedar Money, a startup that powers cross-border payment using stablecoins, raises $9.9 million seed led by QED Investors.

Workers at Firestone's rubber farm in Liberia say that extracting natural rubber comes with a high human cost.

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported ...

ROGER W. FERGUSON, JR., is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign ...