The African continent is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent. Many of the world’s most significant ancient historical sites are found here. And despite being the hottest ...

In the geologic history of Earth, shifting plate tectonics are commonplace, and Africa's impending rift is but another chapter in that story. The Earth's continents are far from constant.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: A man attends a private viewing of the +234 Art fair at the Ecobank Pan-African Center in Nigeria's commercial ...

"Understanding Africa" will offer big picture understandings of the continent and the ways in which its past informs the present. At the same time, the course will take deep, vertical looks at both ...