Meanwhile, both Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are home to over 200 languages. In Cameroon, Bulu, Beti ...

For centuries, the world has been misled about Africa’s true size. The Mercator map—one of the most widely used world ...

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity .

Sequencing the human genome enables scientists to study human biology in a granular fashion and use that information to create treatments for things like cancer. Yet, of the human genomes studied so ...

Tick off 15 African countries – among them, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe and Liberia – on a 37-day cruise up the west coast, ...