These brass weights were used by the Akan people of modern day Ghana and the Ivory Coast for measuring gold dust between the late thirteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were cast into ...

Solar Ayew, younger brother of former Black Stars captain Abedi Ayew, has debunked rumors connecting the Ayew family to an Akan background ... greatest footballers in Africa, paved the way ...

Household air pollution, mostly from cooking smoke, is linked to over 700,000 premature deaths a year in Africa. Nigeria is one of the countries where the problem is most acute. In the country's ...

Incredibly, Africa is home to about a fifth of global reserves of the metals needed for battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) and other low-carbon infrastructure. Consider this: While being home to ...

All our updates as world champions India beat hosts South Africa at the Wanderers to wrap up the T20 series 3-1. South African authorities blockade illegal mine with 4,000 people inside South ...

There have been 19,279 murders in South Africa in 2024 so far ... dropping to 10.5 per 100,000 people, from 11.3 in 2023 and 11.5 in 2022. Arguments, misunderstandings, road rage and other ...

The telecommunications sector represents 13% of the portfolio. Africa is largely a pre-paid market, with people buying data or minutes each day, or each week. Therefore, most users don’t have ...

Many people believe Google's long-term goal is a Google Maps – Waze merger, and I can't blame them for insisting on this scenario. The integration of incident reporting in Google Maps certainly ...

Night - Mostly clear. Winds from NW to WNW at 8 to 11 mph (12.9 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 61 °F (16.1 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 82 °F (27.8 °C) and a 51% chance of ...

Sea level rise maps meant to help people understand how future flooding could impact their lives may be backfiring, a new study has found. The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature ...