Weathered, historic diamond-find ledgers, fossilised oyster shells, mineralised rock formations, salt deposits and old rusted ...

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

“We Need New Names” is NoViolet Bulawayo’s 2013 debut novel about a young impoverished African girl who eventually moves to ...

The UK is bracing for yet another period of wintry weather as a snow and freezing temperatures are due to sweep the country.

European and Gulf Arab states share common interests in Syria – they should work closely together to ensure a stable ...

By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three ...

Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S.

Crossing the borders of Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, land and water safaris follow the flow of the Zambezi to Lake ...

While the geographical North Pole stays fixed in place (at the very summit of the Earth's rotational axis), the WMM pinpoints ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan ...

The continents of Africa and Europe are actually separated by a land border of just 85 metres, the shortest international border in the world.

The Energy Industries Council (EIC) says 41 hydrogen projects are set to begin development across Africa in the next five years, led by North African nations like Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco.