In honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the UN hosted a virtual commemoration on ...

Groups of Indigenous people in Central and South America are operating their own community media, connectivity, and digital projects ...

The push is part of a larger conservation effort led by UNEP. Its goal: to protect the fast-disappearing rainforests and peatlands of eight Congo Basin countries.

For the pastoralist Nuer people who migrate with the seasons between western Ethiopia’s Gambella region and Africa’s largest ...

AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily ...

Indigenous communities in northern Kenya are being pushed off their land to make way for wildlife reserves, human rights ...

Opportunities for women of colour in palaeoanthropology are limited by both structural inequalities and hostile environments.

Kenya has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping ...

First published as Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa in 1934, the book was the culmination of research trips undertaken by Percival Kirby. It became the standard reference on ...

I've just returned from the east coast of India, where I saw for myself the harsh challenges that older people in artisanal fishing communities confront daily. I saw how the community elders -- the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping ...