Historians have shown that, during the 1800s, beads produced in Venice were a key commodity exchanged for ivory along the ...

The sister of a Port Lincoln sailor missing off the coast of Africa believes she is dead. Sue Good says she was told a woman and man were found dead on a yacht that had sent a distress signal on ...

Much attention and condemnation has been directed towards the tragedy of the African slave trade, which took place between the 16th and the 19th centuries. However, another equally despicable trade in ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is back at the World Cup for the first time since hosting the tournament in 2010. Ivory Coast and Senegal will also be there as the latest teams from Africa to qualify.

For decades geologists thought the slow rise of South Africa’s southern coast was driven by forces deep below—buoyant plumes of molten rock ascending through Earth’s mantle and heaving the crust ...

EXCLUSIVE: Ghana’s Black Star International Film Festival (BSIFF) has locked a unique distribution partnership with Majestic Cinemas, the Ivory Coast’s largest cinema chain, to expand the distribution ...

The French navy has seized nearly 10 tons of cocaine worth more than $600 million from a fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, French authorities said on Thursday. The seizure by two navy ships ...

A South African court heard arguments Tuesday from coastal communities, NGOs and British oil and gas giant Shell on whether the multinational should be allowed to proceed with offshore exploration on ...

Hurricane forecasters were tracking a new tropical wave moving off Africa's west coast Tuesday morning as a nearby low pressure system continued to show signs of organization. While it's too soon to ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring a tropical wave off the western coast of Africa that is producing disorganized storms in the eastern Atlantic. This system now ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A tropical wave is expected to emerge off the west coast of Africa in the coming days, with a 30% chance of developing into a tropical system over the next week. As the wave moves ...

Meteorologist Hannah Fink discusses the different winter weather alerts issued across the area and goes into detail on why we are experiencing these conditions. It’s possible Mobile could drop to ...