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

Pres. Donald Trump put South Africa on notice as he cut funding with a call for an investigation of alleged racist land grabs "at a minimum." ...

Old Fossilized Finger Bone, Evidence of Early Human Migration and Colonization across the world Scientists discovered a ...

Dr Vasile Ersek was part of a team of researchers who made a discovery which pushed back the date of early human ancestors' arrival in Europe ...

The prehistoric human skull found in the Petralona Cave in Northern Greece challenges the Out of Africa theory of the origin of Homo sapiens ...

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

An analysis of the gut microbiome in women from four African countries provides crucial data for this under-represented ...

Full squad lists, as they are announced, for the 2025 Champions Trophy. Rwanda says South Africa is in “no position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator” in DR Congo. Duduzile Zuma ...

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(Nairobi) – Governments in Central Africa suppressed civil and political rights, especially in the context of elections, with impunity in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report ...

(Johannesburg) – Several governments across Southern Africa grew increasingly authoritarian and intolerant of dissent throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025.

A months-long standoff between South African authorities and illegal miners ... That statement prompted criticism from human rights groups who warned of possible mass deaths as several days ...