It is the source and the glory of their wealth…the mother lulls the child to sleep with notes of triumph over an enemy reduced to slavery…" Some of the descendants of African traders are alive ...

It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia, pearl divers in the Gulf, soldiers in the Omani army and workers on the salt pans of Mesopotamia ...

Ever wonder what’s going on beneath your feet? Take the East African Rift, for example. This massive crack in the Earth’s ...

A claim that South African woman Gosiame Sithole gave birth to 10 babies earlier this month is not true, an official inquiry has found. No hospitals in Gauteng province have a record of decuplets ...

In the previous century, anti-colonial liberation and independence movements across the African continent gave rise to what many call Africa’s “first awakening”. Decades later, a growing number of ...

True Crime Reports is a new pod on Al Jazeera hosted by the Scottish journalist Halla Mohieddeen and focusing on crime ...

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has 830 shareholders, with a small group owning 10,000 shares each. This was revealed ...