The Mbhashe area of South Africa's Eastern Cape province is a landscape of hills, fields and river valleys leading to the Indian Ocean. All along the ridges are the homesteads of the Xhosa people who ...

The crystal-clear waters of the Global South’s marine ecosystems are slowly being choked by plastic pollution. Each year, ...

Old liberation movements in Southern Africa suffered serious electoral declines this year as millions of people made their ...

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to ...

Once upon a time, the fishing town of Gansbaai on the South African coast was something of a mecca for shark-spotters – so heavily populated with the predators that nearby Dyer Island is considered ...

A beautiful unspoilt jewel on the east coast of Africa that's been hailed one of the best diving spots in the world minus the ...

The bulk of your research has been on Islamic legal systems that prevailed in the Indian Ocean region, particularly Shafi’ism ...

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate ...

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Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences have unveiled a list of all the new animal, plant and fungi species that they added to the Library of Life in 2024.

Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ...