Cybermetrics Lab, a research group, launched an initiative called, ?Webometrics Ranking of World Universities". Based off statistics gathered on impact,...

Granta Best Young British Novelists Granta, a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom, published a list of 20...

Reporters Without Borders released their 2013 Press Freedom Index, ranking 179 countries on their restrictions of the press. The ability...

Zimbabwe's voters flocked to the polls to elect a president and members of the legislature on July 31.

With no official winner announced in the first round of Mali's presidential election, supporters of the 27 candidates were waiting...

Africa is boosting its role in the world's demographics. The United Nations' updated population predictions have Africa in a unique...

Thousands of supporters of outgoing prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai gathered in Harare on Monday to back his bid to become...

Some 2.5 billion people worldwide still do not have access to proper toilets, the majority of whom live in sub-Saharan...

South Sudan is rich in natural resources, including oil, minerals and timber. The most important resource is oil, from which...

The World Health Organization's World Malaria Report for 2012 marks a critical point in the race toward the Millennium Development...