In a field of policy heavyweights, that practical edge matters. And in a continent where women remain vastly underrepresented in finance, her candidacy carries symbolic weight that extends beyond ...

In one of nature’s most remarkable feats, butterflies embark on epic journeys spanning thousands of miles across continents, navigating with astonishing precision despite their seemingly fragile ...

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As for the other highest elevations on each continent? Forget successful ascents—just naming the other six can sometimes produce nothing more than a hazy guess. To help solve this trivia-night ...

At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled apart, but the claim was controversial. Now, scientists from several ...

The 145 essays in my new book The Splendid Tapestry of African Life: Essays on A Resilient Continent, its Diaspora, and the World represent the ripest fruits of three decades of reflecting and ...

The close-up reveals a cluster of continent-size dark sunspots near the center of the sun’s inner atmosphere, at a scale of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) per pixel. These blemishes mark areas of ...

This speculation opens up new questions of how a pope from Africa could change the continent. The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely ...

Experts have long known that portions of the continent are separating by as much as 0.3 inches a year in some places. Volcanic and geologic evidence in Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa indicates the ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal When Pope Francis ...

While many believe that walking across two continents is nearly impossible, British man Luke Daekin defied the odds and accomplished this remarkable feat, demonstrating incredible endurance, ...