Analysis - The genocide of Namibia's Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces (1904-1907) is widely documented. But much less is made of what came next - the genocide of the country's ...

South Africa is where archaeology meets spirituality, and where science and storytelling come together to reveal the origins ...

In search of South Africa’s first people, Jose Manuel de Prada-Samper interweaves his personal experiences in the Northern ...

In South Africa the term coloured refers to mixed-raced people, a classification created by the apartheid regime still in use today.

Led by a team of African researchers, first doses of the novel T cell-inducing GRAdHIVNE1 vaccine candidate have been given.

These four artists are turning to centuries-old stories of migration to expand contemporary understandings of race, ethnicity ...

The old dictum that the press promotes the views of those who own and support it was as true during slavery and apartheid as ...

Working class communities in South Africa are continuing the tradition of shutting down their neighbourhood in protest against high electricity prices.

Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats ...

Magnitude-4.3 earthquake in San Bernardino area shakes parts of Southern California Shaking was reported in Riverside, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

South Africa has tried for months to negotiate a deal with Washington and offered to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas and invest in American industries in exchange for a lower tariff.