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African countries have become reliant on a few food items. Just 20 plant species now provide 90% of our food, with three – wheat, maize and rice – accounting for 60% of all calories consumed on the continent and globally. This deprives the continent of diverse food sources, at the…

Learn about the devastating flooding in Africa's Congo River, which has resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and destroyed numerous homes.

The Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea lives gives us a chance to see one of the tournaments big hitters and we will show you how to watch it wherever you are.

Nigeria's long-awaited Dangote refinery has begun producing diesel and aviation fuel, the company said on Saturday, after years of delays. The plant, the largest of its kind in Africa, is expected to supply not only Nigeria but other countries in West Africa – potentially transforming the region's oil trade.

Scientists have identified three definitive supercontinents in Earth's history and predict the landmasses we live on today will come together again in the future.

As Africa’s top football spectacle begins, continental attention turns to Ivory Coast for whom AFCON means much more.

Mexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into distant markets from Asia to Australia to Africa

Resurgence classified as grade 3 emergency by WHO, with southern Africa and Haiti among those hardest hit

The tournament in 2022 was overshadowed by poor crowd control and deaths as the Nigeria great Jay-Jay Okocha predicts an open competition