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With the support of qathet Friends of the Library, award-winning, cozy, mystery-crime writer Iona Whishaw will visit the ...

Egypt and Sudan welcomed on Saturday President Donald Trump’s offer to resume U.S. mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve ...

The South African army was using helicopters to pluck people to safety as they took refuge on rooftops or in trees.

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Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

After buying his own liberty, the Marylander covertly assisted conductors on the Underground Railroad, including Harriet ...

Africa steps into this new year standing at an inflection point, one defined not by what the world once promised to do for the continent, but by what Africa is now positioned to do for itself, and ...

In this video, permaculture instructor Andrew Millison travels with the UN World Food Programme to Niger in the African Sahel ...