16+ min ago  (751+ words) Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his visit to Cameroon on Saturday with a Mass and looked ahead to Angola for the third leg of his four-nation African odyssey. Leo celebrated Mass at the Yaounde Airport for thousands of people, including…...

19+ hour, 18+ min ago  (772+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered a 2, 400-year-old iron-smelting workshop in Senegal that stayed in use for nearly 800 years. The find shows some West African metalworkers kept one practical recipe for turning ore into iron far longer than many researchers expected. At Did…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (781+ words) The return of the bones of 63 Khoisan people, held between 1868 and 1924 for race-based scientific research, to their native South Africa has reignited discussion over colonialism's "racist" and "genocidal" practices. Considered Africa's oldest Indigenous people, the Khoisan today primarily live in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (172+ words) Syrian-French photojournalist Abdulmonam Eassa has been named as one of the winners in the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, for emotive images captured in Sudan while covering the war for the French magazine Le Monde, making him eligible to win the…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1261+ words) Zimbabwe's flag, banknotes and coat of arms all feature a stately looking eagle, sitting majestically on a plinth. Known as the Zimbabwe Bird, it has long been a symbol of national identity, but behind it lies a complex tale of…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (594+ words) The Western Cape is often defined by its postcard landmarks, but beyond the well-known routes lies a quieter archive of places that play an essential role in the region's history. These places, often overlooked in mainstream travel itineraries, offer valuable…...

20+ hour, 50+ min ago  (719+ words) This Land Is Your Land is a 13-chapter book featuring road trips Beverly Gage took in anticipation of America's 250th birthday. Our nation's semiquincentennial is upon us. That's historian-speak for July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (601+ words) The island of Hispaniola belongs to two countries " Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Caribbean Sea and is one of the largest islands in that region. The western part of the island is occupied by Haiti,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (733+ words) Ancient inhabitants of the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov site in Israel likely used some kind of earth oven that maintained a temperature below 500 degrees Celsius to cook their fish. Image credit: Ella Maru / Tel Aviv University. "Charcoal rarely survives at such…...

20+ hour, 53+ min ago  (465+ words) The Nimeah Community in Electoral District #1, Grand Kru County, has officially reclaimed its cultural identity through a landmark decision to rename Andrewville and Wilsonville as Nimeah Plantation and Nimeah Beach, in what residents describe as a historic restoration of heritage…...