The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

For the first time, scientists decoded a complete genome from a 4,800-year-old Egyptian, revealing surprising Middle Eastern ...

Growing fonio requires little water, which makes it the perfect grain for drier areas. It has a short growth cycle, so ...

In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a ...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch-American activist, author and thinker, has become best known for her outspoken views on Islam, women’s rights and the societal consequences of secularism and her ...

A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the Gantangqing site in Southwest China's Yunnan province, presenting the earliest ...

Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

Women adorned in traditional garments and jewelry encircle men dancing with swords and elaborate head coverings in the ...

Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains and Malawi’s Mount Mulanje were also added to the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage list. UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has presented Africa as a ...

West African grilled chicken with a cucumber salad and couscous prepared by Christopher Gbelay in his backyard in Midlothian. Gbelay is originally from Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa.