The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

Plants and animals across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by 24 percent since preindustrial days. Large mammals like forest ...

By the middle of this century, the climate many of us grew up with will be gone, replaced in some regions by conditions that strain the basic limits of human biology and infrastructure. Scientists now ...

Scientists have long known that fires release substantial amounts of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the atmosphere. However, estimating the total climate impact of fires is challenging. Now, new ...

Scientists warn that northeastern Africa may split apart soon. The Afar region sits at a tectonic triple junction. Rifting and volcanic activity indicate a potential future ocean basin. Where Are ...

Cheetah finds shade to beat midday heat in Africa. Legal analysts react to Trump’s plan to terminate Biden executive orders These 19 cooking pans could leach lead into your food, FDA warns Alzheimer's ...

Africa’s official maps are stuck in the past, often either outdated, incomplete—or both. But governments don’t have the budgets to fix them, making it difficult to complete projects as complex as ...

What regions are on the Where Winds Meet map? The Where Winds Meet map below splits key locations into its two main regions, which are then further split across six subdivisions or prefectures. Like ...

A bus veered off a road and plunged down an embankment on a steep mountain pass in northern South Africa, killing at least 42 people and leaving another 49 passengers injured, authorities said Monday.

After three days of talks in Addis Ababa, African leaders have agreed on Wednesday to a common climate roadmap ahead of COP30 in Brazil. Their bold vision presents Africa as a “continent of solutions” ...

The region has growing institutional momentum and retail adoption, as the countries face economic challenges that could provide fertile ground for Web3. Sub-Saharan Africa is the third-fastest growing ...