have recommended that French law is changed to allow the return of the African art. The Maqdala treasures include an 18th Century gold crown and a royal wedding dress, taken from Ethiopia ...

At least 12,000 years of isolation from mainland Africa has helped produce a one-of-a-kind ecosystem where life blooms from canopy to soil. In the year 1551 a strange male animal was put on public ...

Quiz: Test your knowledge of Africa's looted treasure V&A offers Ethiopia 'long-term loan' of stolen artefacts Find out more about Ethiopia The museum told the BBC it had decided not to make ...

Against stock footage of lions, elephants and wildebeasts, Bomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of nefarious diamond smugglers.

The recent inscription of Kente fabric, among other African items and practices into Unesco’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity is a milestone in the global ...

It's 2024, but I'm thinking about a very different time. Hundreds of thousands of years ago this 350km stretch of southern African coast looked very different. It was home to giant zebra ...

After tossing his work bag in his car, he picks up his colleague – experienced rock climber, Matthew Kingma – from his home in the South African town of George. From there it’s a 20-minute ...