Africa saw tremendous developments in 2008. Political turmoil and ethnic violence tore several nations apart. NPR Africa correspondents Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who is on the ground in South Africa, ...

This has been a strong year for African music, with two big trends emerging. The first is the continuing integration of African music into the U.S. and European mainstream. Nigerian Afrobeat is played ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

SINCE 1904, when Prince Piero Conti managed to get a light bulb to flicker in an Italian lava field, geothermal power has depended on volcanic heat. The earth's crust needs to be thin, with high ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Africa and China have been trading partners for centuries. But in recent years, the level and intensity of their relationship have increased dramatically. In the early 1990s, official development aid ...

THE Katako market was still smouldering five days after it was razed to the ground by a mob of Christian youths. The bodies of ten people trapped in the fires that destroyed it had already been taken ...

Teams mentioned first play at home in the first leg on the weekend of February 15-17. Return legs played on the weekend of February 29, March 1-2.