African masquerade ensembles are recognizably carnivalesque, yet not aligned with Carnival as we know it. The exquisite, ...

Major discovery marks culmination of 40 years of work by Arlen and Diane Chase. Archaeologists from the University of Houston have discovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak at Caracol, an ancient Maya city ...

In this concluding part, GODFREY GEORGE writes that the once-revered ancestral messengers and custodians of sacred tradition, ...

MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Residents wore masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that blanketed roads and green rice fields in villages in south-central Indonesia as rumbling Mount ...

African mask art, famous the world over for its intricate designs and symbolic meanings, has transitioned from traditional ceremonies to a global decorative phenomenon. These masks narrate stories ...

Masked federal agents are carrying out immigration enforcement operations, experts raise concern over accountability while communities express fear.

A canted wall of glass, long covered to limit light damage to sensitive materials, has been reopened with a shading system, offering views to Central Park ... with its intricately carved handles ...

An explosion and the stampede that followed at a high school in the Central African Republic have killed at least 29 students and injured more than 250.

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — An explosion and the stampede that followed killed at least 29 schoolchildren and injured more than 250 at a high school in Central African Republic’s capital ...

Twenty-nine students taking their high school exams in the Central African Republic died in a stampede sparked by an exploding power transformer, the health ministry told AFP Thursday.

The Secretary General/Chief Executive of Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa, MOWCA, Dr. Paul Adalikwu, has called for urgent and sustained action to tackle the rising spate of ferry ...