The first fully preserved bones of a dodo have been found in Mauritius, including "a complete hip and four leg bones for a single animal" and "skull parts, beak bones, ... Read More

A West African Fang mask said to have inspired none less than Picasso has been sold at auction in Paris for four times its estimated price, according to Art Info. ... Read More

It's 60 times longer than the Berlin Wall was and has stood for 20 years. So why are voices not raised against Morocco's Dividing Wall in the same way protests ... Read More

Today is the twelfth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). 2006 is also the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. World Desertification Day ... Read More

The presidents of Nigeria and Cameroon have signed an agreement settling the dispute over whether the Bakassi Peninsula belongs to Nigeria (which occupies it) or Cameroon. Under the agreement, Nigeria ... Read More

If a camel is a horse designed by a committee, you have to wonder about the okapi which has got stripes like a zebra but is in fact related to ... Read More

Liberia has started recruiting members for its new, post-civil war army, and of the 2000 recruits, some 400 will be women, reports the Mail and Guardian. Government spokesperson Edith Bawn ... Read More

If concentrated enough, lime and lemon juice kill the HIV virus and therefore "could be potent weapons in the fight against Aids in the developing world", according to a report ... Read More

Not sure where all those South African townships are? Have a look at this handy map of the townships around Johannesburg. "Only by provision of adequate shelter in properly planned native ... Read More

The Eastern Cape province of South Africa is a region where anthrax occurs naturally. The indigenous Xhosa people had developed their own cure using local plants for anthrax in cattle ... Read More

It's fairly common today to hear of traditional remedies from around the world being used to treat ailments. And whilst there is great benefit in the development of new drugs ... Read More