Seven thousand years ago, the Sahara was a lush savanna where hippos, crocodiles, elephants, and giraffes roamed across land ...

The Yearbook offers opportunities for businesses, researchers, and policymakers by providing comprehensive analysis and data on economic, political, and socio-economic trends in sub-Saharan Africa.

An international research team has extracted genome-wide ancient DNA from two 7,000-year-old mummified women buried in a Libyan rock shelter, identifying a deeply divergent human lineage that appears ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes. Aa Aa ...

A newly discovered species of Spinosaurus unearthed in the African Sahara will go on display at the Chicago Children’s Museum beginning March 1.

There is extensive media attention given to migration from North Africa to Europe across the Mediterranean. These stories are accompanied by regular reports on the rescue of migrants from sinking ...

It marks a significant diplomatic realignment on the African stage. Speaking in Rabat, Ghana’s foreign minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, formally announced the change in Accra’s position on the ...

Burkina Faso consistently ranks as the hottest country in Africa by average annual temperature, often exceeding 28°C year-round. Located in the Sahel region, the country experiences long, dry seasons ...