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A graduating class of the Ubuntu Beekeeping Initiative in South Africa, one of dozens of programs in the developing world run by JDC that empower and lift up women, their families, and communities.

Helping women in the developing world to thrive

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Lucy model. Australopithecus afarensis, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

Fifty years after her discovery, Lucy remains the original Australopithecus celebrity

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Drastic decline in elephant population.

How can something this big go away? Survey finds drastic decline in elephant population

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Snarling lion.

Which is the scariest animal in the Savanah? Study reveals surprising answer

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ugandan police officers gather near a scene with an explosive device outside a Pentecostal church, Lubaga Miracle Centre, in the Lubaga suburb of south Kampala, Uganda September 3, 2023.

Suspected cult members kill eight in Uganda village

By REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023.

Tehran’s African pivot: A game-changer in the covert war with Israel

By Niger Innis

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from Burkina Faso patrol on the road of Gorgadji in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, March 3, 2019.

Islamist groups escalate retaliatory attacks on Burkina Faso civilians, HRW says

By REUTERS

Sandwich Harbour, Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Namibia blocks vessel suspected of carrying 'explosive material destined for Israel'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters about the violence in Israel and Gaza in The Hague, Netherlands October 12, 2023

ICC convicts Mali Islamist for Timbuktu atrocities

By REUTERS

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks after being re-elected as president of South Africa during the first sitting of the National Assembly following elections, at the Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC) in Cape Town, South Africa June 14, 2024.

First time since end of Apartheid in 1994, SA ruling party ANC to form unity government with DA

By REUTERS

Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia.

A railway museum in Zambia offers a clue to the African country’s rich Jewish history

By Harry D. Wall / JTA

Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima, May 21 2019.

Malawi vice president Chilima and nine others killed in plane crash

By REUTERS

Palaeontologists pose for a picture next to an excavation of dinosaur bones and fossils that may have belonged to the largest dinosaur ever discovered, in Neuquen, Argentina November 12, 2016.

New dinosaur species discovered in Zimbabwe highlights Africa's paleontological potential

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sub-Saharan African migrants gather in a field where they live, in Jebiniana, Tunisia September 4, 2023.

Tunisians mount anti-migrant protests, citing perceived government failures

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Miracle Kidicho, 3, who is suffering from monkeypox, sits at home in Yalokombe, Yakusu, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 4, 2022.

Deadly new strain of monkeypox in Africa virus raises concerns of spread

By DR. ITAY GAL

A general view of The Nile River, houses and agricultural land from the window of an airplane in Luxor, Egypt October 9, 2019

Groundbreaking study reveals way to resolve Nile water dispute

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of academic elites and scientific talents in Tehran, Iran October 19, 2022

Iran seeks to expand its influence in Africa through weapons trades and chaos

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

As African migration to Europe spikes, Tunisia takes center stage in Italy’s foreign policy agenda

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE