The African iris (Dietes iridioides), also known as "fortnight ... It's adorned with pretty, white, playful petals that have purplish blue and yellow markings. "The name ‘fortnight lily ...

Dietes iridioides is the most common species. African iris flowers have six white or yellow tepals with yellow or purple ...

Invasive plants are highly opportunistic and they don’t need much help from us to thrive, writes gardening columnist.

The plant most commonly sold in nurseries as the citrosa or mosquito plant is a lemon-scented geranium. The lemony essential ...

Blown thousands of miles away from the deserts of Central Asia, probably by an easterly wind, the Asian Desert Warbler is an extremely rare ...

Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic of 1793 was the largest ... a fruitseller who along with Allen and Jones had secured support to build the African Church the previous year.

An exploration of the past, present, and future of Africa in a multidisciplinary setting. A dozen Africanist faculty members collaborate in an effort to shed light on both the huge potential of Africa ...

The forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of two living African elephant species, the other being the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Historically, forest elephants thrived in the dense ...

Developer platform TBD announces partnership with Yellow Card to provide global fiat on- and off-ramps for bitcoin and stablecoin payments in Africa. Currently, cross-border payments in Africa can ...

Note: Some of the African countries visited by tours in this article may require travelers to get an entry visa and certain vaccinations (particularly yellow fever) in order to visit. Jump to the ...

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 ...

Bankrupt trucker Yellow Corp. and its hedge fund owners lost a key court ruling over $6.5 billion in debt that pension funds claim the defunct company owes them, likely wiping out most recovery ...