africa

In a rare sign that not everything is terrible, elephants are returning to Virunga National Park in the Democratic…

A new epic fantasy begins this spring with Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s Son of the Storm, the first book in the Nigerian…

Thousands of miles away from Hollywood, a new heroine is being born. Her name is Isaura. She’s from Mozambique, can b…

The destinies of two women—one, a soldier; the other, a princess—become intertwined in C.L. Clark’s debut, The…

Local health officials and the World Health Organization today finally declared the end of an outbreak of Ebola that…

Over 400 fossilized human footprints have been discovered in Tanzania, representing the largest collection of human…

Three skeletons belonging to African individuals have been uncovered at a mass grave in Mexico City. They represent…

It’s no secret that we here at io9 are huge fans of Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor—a Nebula and Hugo winner…

East Africa is currently plagued with locust swarms of biblical proportions, but these swarms aren’t the act of an…

We’re all a little Neanderthal. That’s the conclusion of a study that used a new statistical technique to revise…

The first human vaccine against the often-fatal viral disease Ebola is now an official reality. On Monday, the…

Although we’re wiping them out with little consideration of it, big herbivores matter. Hippo poop helps Africa’s…

Last month, two high-ranking Ethiopian officials were murdered in an attempted coup. The consequences of the murders…

According to author Evan Winter’s official bio, the British-born son of South American parents was inspired to start…

The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has infected 1,720 and killed 1,136, giving…

Well, folks, it’s just a few hours shy of the turn of the month, and you know what that means: April Fool’s Day.…

Cyclone Idai is on track to becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone on record for the Southern Hemisphere. The…

We know chimpanzees as intelligent, emotional creatures that make and use tools, grieve for their dead, and pass…

The discovery of 2.4-million-year-old stone tools and butchered bones at a site in Algeria suggests our distant…

The mountain gorilla is one resilient-ass animal. War, hunting, habitat loss, and disease nearly wiped out the…