Africa

4+ hour, 46+ min ago   (224+ words) An ethnographic essay in The Elephant documents sea baptisms of Chinese traders in Praia, set against Cape Verde's decades-old Chinese migrant community. An ethnographic essay published by The Elephant on 16 September documents the baptism of three Chinese traders on a…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1061+ words) “Geography is the mother of history. Nowhere in the world is this more powerfully illustrated than in Africa.” — Ali A. Mazrui, The Africans: A Triple Heritage For decades, relations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have largely been reduced to a…...

7+ hour, 7+ min ago   (23+ words) Research examines historic links between slave-trade wealth and Britain’s early financial system London Daily News We're verifying your browser. You'll be redirected shortly....

6+ hour, 24+ min ago   (561+ words) Namibia risks losing parts of its cultural identity, indigenous knowledge and historical record if heritage is not actively preserved and passed on to younger generations. This is according to National Heritage Week 2026 chairperson Loide Nantinda. Speaking to The Namibian, she…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (984+ words) Dark clouds on the horizon signal not just a deluge in Kabawa village, Elgeyo Marakwet County, but another potentially catastrophic run-off. For months now, fear has gripped the hilly village where a landslide killed 10 people during the 1997 El Niño rains....

6+ hour, 12+ min ago   (364+ words) Oman Observer Muscat: Botswana is said to be one of Africa's most stable countries and is known for its safari-based tourism besides being the world's largest producer of diamonds Botswana boasts the world’s largest population of elephants.The capital…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago   (194+ words) Great Wall conservation is moving from "rescuing individual sites" toward "systematic protection and comprehensive governance" as China begins its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), an expert said at a major forum on Great Wall preservation in Beijing. "Minimal intervention should be the standard,…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago   (182+ words) The Uganda High Commission in Ottawa joined members of the Ugandan and Tooro communities in Canada for a memorial service honouring the late King Oyo of the Tooro Kingdom. The service, held at St. Barnabas the Apostle Anglican Church, brought…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago   (530+ words) Running water in the desert. Tropical birds far from the tropics. A city whose people we still can’t quite identify. Paquime in Mexico gets stranger the closer you look. DEEP in Chihuahua’s desert: a city of 2,000 rooms was left in…...

14+ hour, 51+ min ago   (230+ words) 6:30 PM CDT on September 15, 2026 So why didn’t the earlier period of fires kickstart the pottery revolution? Frumkin likens this period to a “natural control experiment.” While all of the natural conditions were present to lead to a pottery boom, the…...