An ambitious and bold project looks to help desertification in Africa and to combat African nations from being swallowed up ...

The ancient city of Chinguetti is succumbing to a sea of sand – Sam Metz discovers how its residents are dealing with ...

Athol Fugard, the South African playwright of works including 'The Road to Mecca,' and 'Boesman and Lena' died on Saturday.

We now know that these images document a dramatic climate change across North Africa from the hyperarid desert it is today ... This event is commonly called the "African Humid Period (AHP)".

Despite its size, around 90% of the country is covered by desert, with most of its population living in cities along the Mediterranean coast. The North African nation is bordered by Egypt ...

One of the most significant shipwreck finds of recent times was made in an ostensibly unlikely place: a southwest African ...

The 350,000-acre Grumeti reserve, abutting the Serengeti in Tanzania, is one of east African conservation’s great success ...

Follow the three years of battles in the North African desert, and see how Axis and Allied forces chased each other across this hostile terrain.

Legs taut, backs bent at the waist, the wrestlers slowly stretched out their arms towards each other, searching for a grip ...

WINDHOEK - African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country's \"founding father\" Sam ...