Ghana was one of the first African countries to do this. It had been part of the British Empire since 1874. Europeans referred to the region as the Gold Coast due to the amount of gold found there.

Africa is already being heavily affected by climate change. Between 1991 and 2023, the African continent warmed at a rate of 0.3°C per decade, a rate slightly faster than the global average.

The UNESCO Chairs and Partners Forum Transforming Knowledge for Africa’s Future, convened 30 September - 2 October 2024, aims to strengthen interdisciplinary and collaborative research capacity in ...

Save the Children has worked in Africa for more than 60 years. Today, with millions of children and families in Africa already struggling to cope with the impacts of conflict and climate change, ...

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange ...

A recent study highlights that mpox vaccine antibodies wane within 6-12 months, emphasizing the need for booster shots to ...

The ninth Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, which ended on 6 September, demonstrated both continuity and change in China’s partnerships with Africa. Less grandiose than the 2018 ...

October 4, 2024 • The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further. He said there were 278 people on board, according ...

Dr. Godwin Umontuen, an influential educator and entrepreneur from Akwa Ibom, has been named a recipient of the prestigious ...

Antibodies provided by mpox vaccination all but disappear within six to 12 months, new research finds, underscoring the need ...

BIDMC research shows people previously vaccinated against mpox in 2022 had declining antibody responses after six to 12 ...

A study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has demonstrated that mpox antibody levels ...