Today's Object of the Week is a magazine cover featuring a stunning photograph of a North East researcher and her team.

The wealthiest person in the world is a title that has been held by many people, but the richest of all time was Mansa Musa, ...

In this article, you'll discover the full list of countries that start with K, along with fascinating facts about each one.

Kwanzaa, an African American and pan-African holiday to celebrate, family, community and culture, begins Dec. 26 and ...

With his attack on Israel while the nation is fighting for its life, the pontiff has taken the Vatican backwards into a very dark past.

The simple fact is that Black Americans are not on the whole their descendants. They are the descendants of all of Africa, a ...

Yohannes Haile-Selassie is responsible for some of the most remarkable ancient human fossil discoveries in his home country.

Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone, which has one of the world’s highest consumption rates. But as prices soar, consumers are giving up on other food to buy it. The U.N. says that’s why most ...

There is rarely much journalistic headspace devoted to inquiring about why crises persist in particular geographies.

THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison on ...

Although East and West African cuisine are often grouped together, significant regional differences occur due to topography, ...

A version of the story of the Garden of Eden and the forbidden fruit from the Bible also appears in Greek mythology's garden ...