Somaliland is a haven of free-market policies and entrepreneurship.
Leicester has the highest proportion of Indians or British Asians anywhere in the country.
About 9.1 percent of married couples have HIV/AIDS, well above the national rate of 5.6 percent.
A South African private equity firm recently bought a $5 million stake in a Kenyan flower company. Here’s why.
The Pew Research Center analyzed mobile and Internet habits in dozens of countries to find the most popular methods of getting online.
Political and economic volatility in Argentina has underscored how frontier markets can turn sour quickly.
The ancient fossils belonged to a newly unearthed species of phytosaur that roamed the area millions of years ago.
These tech companies have made the Internet possible for users without smartphones – which is no small market.
Mxit operates on an especially light data network, and you don't need a smartphone to use it.
Harsh sentences under strict new anti-poaching laws may help stem the illegal ivory trade in Africa.
As the South African economy lags, private equity investors are less interested in the country, and looking instead to its high-growth neighbors such as Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria.
The single "Invisible" will debut during the Super Bowl.
The rust, which can cause complete crop failure, threatens up to 80 percent of the world’s wheat supply.
With her fierce style and massive talent, actress Lupita Nyong'o has become a film-industry darling.
Analysis of an extinct relative of humans suggests our ancient ancestors’ diet consisted primarily of tiger nuts, which are edible grass bulbs.
A mobile-banking system called M-Pesa, founded in 2007, now has more than 17 billion users – which is good for both companies and customers.
A new factor may affect Kenya's growth rate adversely in 2014.
Washington has played a key role in South Sudan's independence and development, but the new conflict is testing old ties.
On CZ Electronics' phone - the firm says competing with foreign firms' to create a cheaper model won’t be easy.
Where did Nigeria's $50 billion of oil revenue go?
Giving Tuesday is the flip-side of Black Friday, a holiday created in the name of helping people, rather than just shopping for the newest gadgets and gifts.
It's getting harder and harder to make a believable case against genetically modified crops.