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 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

There’s as much marine life in this protected patch of the Indian Ocean as in many better-know dive spots – Ally Wybrew ...

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

Oceans are a shared lifeline, a source of connectivity and economic opportunities, a custodian of the vast marine resources.

The Seminar was chaired by the government of Malawi and included representatives from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles. The ...