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CYRUS KABIRU, ‘Jaffa Sun,’ diptych, 2019.

‘Africa Calling’: West African royalty and Zulu magic at Haifa Museum of Art

By HAGAY HACOHEN

NAKA PITIA.

Asylum seeker to launch podcast to explore African refugee experiences in Israel and beyond

By JOANIE MARGULIES

West Africa’s rainforests were an important center for early modern human evolution, study finds. Illustration.

West Africa’s rainforests were an important center for early modern human evolution, study finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

View of the African Renaissance Monument. Dakar, Senegal, Africa, March 28 2024.

Senegal announces archaeological excavations to uncover contested Thiaroye massacre human toll

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Mauritius

African paradise: The safest country on the continent you must visit this winter

By MEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV

Aubrey Plaza, Season 2, “The White Lotus”.

South America, Oceania, or Africa: Where will "White Lotus" go in Season 4?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Illustrative image of a child victim of human trafficking.

Human trafficking soars amid crises, children 38% of victims, UN says

By REUTERS

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.

JDC is helping women in the developing world 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