The Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Africa Wits–INDEPTH Partnership for Genomic Studies (AWI-Gen) Collaborative Centre 2 is a multi-institution initiative that aims to address ...

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for ...

The history of South African human geography as a discipline is inextricably linked with colonialism. It was heavily influenced by conservative religious ideas and notions of racial superiority.

While most gut microbiome research focuses on high-income countries, a groundbreaking study led by two scientists from South ...

We examine push and pull factors, including demographic, geography, culture, economic and human development, politics and climate, and uncover the key determinants shaping migration patterns within ...

This research investigates what drives urbanisation in Ghana and Tanzania and how urbanisation contributes to employment and economic growth through a study of the economy of self-build housing in two ...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has passed a resolution affirming the rights of people born with variations of their sex characteristics – also known as intersex ...

Fifth, the human rights of refugees do not include political rights in that they are excluded by African countries from political platforms. They are usually viewed as outsiders since they do not ...