Africa

Stone age artists carved detailed human and animal rock art in Namibia

Engravings of animal tracks and human footprints appear in numerous traditions of prehistoric rock art around the world and many of these engravings can be found in Namibia. 

Addis Ababa's warming may trigger year-round malaria, study warns

According to the report, the city’s extreme daily maximum temperature would increase by about 1.7° Celsius by 2060.

Sahel alliance: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger form new defense pact - analysis

With other African states that are members of ECOWAS considering military operations, several states connected to Niger have rushed to pledge support, many of whom have had coups recently.

South African Jews respond to Johannesburg disaster - opinion

For Jewish communities around the world, tikkun olam (repairing the world) is an important value. For South African Jewry it is a way of life.

By WENDY KAHN
11/09/2023

Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO celebrate Rwanda’s mountain gorilla triumph

Presently, over 1,000  mountain gorillas thrive in their natural habitat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature removed the mountain gorilla from the endangered species list in 2018.

By MAAYAN HOFFMAN
05/09/2023
REUTERS/Mahamadou Hamidou

Huge protests in Niger call for French forces to leave after coup

Niger's junta denounced the comments as divisive and served only to perpetrate France's neo-colonial relationship.

By REUTERS
02/09/2023

Life inside the 'hijacked' Johannesburg building where scores burned alive

Johannesburg city authorities leased it to a charity providing shelter for women in 2016, but it had "ended up serving a different purpose," Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda told reporters.

By REUTERS
02/09/2023

This Torah was smuggled from Zimbabwe to Israel

A former resident of Gwelo, Zimbabwe had made a life's goal to find the whereabouts of the Torah his father read from. Thanks to The Jerusalem Post Magazine, he succeeded.

By RICHARD SHAVEI-TZION
01/09/2023

Gabon coup: Unrest in Africa's Sahel is becoming more common - analysis

Gabon's coup is only the latest in countries throughout Africa's Sahel region.

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