Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following ...

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As India closes 2024 as the world's fifth-largest economy, this analysis explores how strategic diplomatic relations, ...

Lyrics played a pivotal role in the success of Nigerian music throughout 2024. The year saw Nigerians deeply identifying with songs like Ogechi (by Boypee, Brown Joel and Hyce), Ozeba (by Rema), and ...

Explore the pros and cons of the various solar geyser options and find out how else you can save electricity and reduce your ...

Another cis woman from Africa has become the target of a transvestigation from Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling. This time it’s Barbra Banda, a Zambian soccer star who was voted BBC’s ...

Scientists have identified the “mystery volcano” that erupted in 1831 and cooled Earth’s climate. They have linked it to an ...

Like a fingerprint, leopard spots are unique and one-of-a-kind, making them a good way to tell one leopard from another. But what if there was another way to identify individual animals, and what if ...

The map gives way to previous maps as the decades swop and speak to each other. A tree grows and is not chopped down. Some of ...

London Zoo staff are undertaking their annual count of all 10,000 animals, including new arrivals like Asiatic lion cubs and endangered Darwin’s frogs. The week-long stocktake supports global ...