For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

Mali's military says armed men attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal. One expert called the development ...

Mali has completed its takeover of the Yatela and Morila gold mines abandoned by their previous owners, the government announced at the weekend, but questions remain over how any untapped value can be ...

Beginning in the late 1930s, Nelson Rockefeller tried to interest the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition of pre-Columbian artifacts, which he had begun to collect after a 1933 vacation to ...

Unsure how to use gender-neutral pronouns? Here's a brief explainer on pronouns for people who aren't binary-identified, and why they're important.

Who are the Tuareg? The Tuareg are a nomadic people descended from the Berbers of North Africa. For hundreds of years, they have operated caravans across the Sahara desert, trading in dates, perfume, ...

These rugged sandstone cliffs are part of the Bandiagara Escarpment, located in the West Africa These rugged sandstone cliffs are part of the Bandiagara Escarpment, located in the West African country ...