For millions of Nigerians, digital assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Google remain outsiders to daily life. They stumble over ...

Machine translators have made it easier than ever to create error-plagued Wikipedia articles in obscure languages. What ...

Prof Eldrid Jordaan unpacks South Africa’s untapped growth engine looking at how our own languages are being overlooked.

Dozens of council homes that were illegally rented out have been seized back by the capital's town halls after investigations found some tenants were living abroad while making a profit from their ...

11:58, Sat, Aug 16, 2025 Updated: 13:20, Sat, Aug 16, 2025 Vladimir Putin put on a “dominant" display when he met Donald Trump in Alaska yesterday - but his outward confidence masked key signs that he ...

Researchers working in northeastern Ethiopia have discovered remains of a previously unknown branch of humanity. The fossils, which include teeth that date to between 2.8 million and 2.6 million years ...

Language shouldn't be a barrier to essential information, especially in local communities where people rely on public documents, school forms, health notices, or legal updates to stay informed. Yet ...

(Nairobi) – Ethiopian lawmakers should reject proposed amendments to the civil society law that would grant the government sweeping powers to restrict nongovernmental organizations, Human Rights Watch ...

Have you heard the rumor that the clothing company American Eagle is using racist propaganda to sell clothing? That’s the allegation that bubbled up on social media in response to the company’s new ad ...

Tensions in the Horn of Africa have risen sharply this month, with top leaders in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Tigray region all warning that a return to conflict may be imminent in an area barely ...

The BBC and producer Banijay U.K. said Tuesday that Torode’s contract “will not be renewed” after the Lewis Silkin investigation upheld an allegation that he used “an extremely offensive racist term” ...

Language can shape human lives. The use of “disorder” vs. “difference,” “weird” vs. “sensory sensitive,” or “oddball” vs. “neurodivergent” influences how we are treated by schools and employers, ...