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South African rapper Sho Madjozi is a bold and colourful presence in pop culture, as famous for her catchy lyrics as for using traditional clothing and dance in a fresh way.

Climate risks can be complex to deal with because they don’t respect country borders. Hazards in one region can have negative repercussions in another. These are known as transboundary climate risks, and they’re a growing concern. They require coordinated, multinational responses, which can be a challenge given the different priorities…

A common sight around west Africa is to see cattle grazing freely, even in major cities, on highways and in airports.

George the Poet began a creative journey through African history, Lewis Goodall probed people-smuggling – and Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw launched a ramble-chat about music

Something unusual seems to be happening with dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease found across swathes of tropical Africa, Asia and the Americas. As with most infectious diseases, the number of cases tends to rise and fall over the years as epidemics come and go, but recently changes seem…

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are ‘stuck’ in Botswana after claiming British Airways cancelled their flight home

Twenty years ago, in October 2003, 26-year-old Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the North American publishing scene with her debut novel,“ Purple Hibiscus.”

Researchers were curious if artificial intelligence could fulfill the order. Or would built-in biases short-circuit the request? Let's see what an image generator came up with.

The US Aids relief programme has become caught up in the politics of abortion rights, with far-reaching implications