Building relationships with the region, rather than transactional neocolonialism, is the best route for strengthening the ...

One impact of climate change is increased tropical storms. The southeast of Africa experiences tropical cyclones - for ...

Seven videos exploring the human and physical geography of the continent of Africa.

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...

In an era of increasing data volume, the real challenge isn't access to information – it’s interpreting data and transforming ...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has officially launched the implementation of its Africa-BB-Maps project, a ...

Precision, speed and analytical expertise took center stage as geospatial engineers assigned to the 517th Geospatial Planning ...

Sequencing the human genome enables scientists to study human biology in a granular fashion and use that information to create treatments for things like cancer. Yet, of the human genomes studied so ...

In a new cycle of escalating security threats in the eastern arc of the African continent and its adjacent southern regions, the dynamics of local and ...

Meanwhile, both Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are home to over 200 languages. In Cameroon, Bulu, Beti ...

Researchers developed an algorithm that maps human genetic diversity and ancestry to better understand population history.