Libya was Africa’s happiest country, ranking at number 79 followed by Algeria (84) and South Africa (95). Kenya has been placed 115th globally in the happiest country ranking by the World Happiness ...

COMMENTARY: This Easter, let us recall the 30 Ethiopian Orthodox martyrs and the tenuous, painful and yet real progress made ...

Currently a harsh, arid sandscape, it's hard to believe the Sahara was once studded with sparkling water bodies that nourished lush green savannas.

Officials said they have asked several countries in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe to take migrants the U.S. wants ...

A new study reveals a long-isolated North African human lineage in the Central Sahara during the African humid period more ...

An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has ...

A Libyan warlord who allegedly controlled migrant smuggling routes into Europe and a network of torture prisons had direct ...

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...

Elite competition for dominance over illegal mining locations leads to funding of armed bandits, and the use of violence ...

The struggle of Africa and the Middle East against foreign oppression did not end with the fall of colonial empires. Instead, ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

Illegal immigration is a major challenge for Libya, which is experiencing a massive wave of illegal immigrants. This leads to serious health, security and social problems, threatening the country’s ...