Africa

Ruth Finnegan praises a book celebrating the agency of Africans across the centuries

University that was founded with US support partners with Korean government to set up African institution

Understanding animal behaviour presents many challenges in the field. Matthew Reisz meets Rory Wilson, a biologist who has won awards for his innovative methods of tracking everything from albatrosses to sloths

Western universities warned against establishing outposts after minister announces eight international institutions will be built by 2020

Pius Adesanmi was founder of Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies

New standards and guidelines for quality assurance in Africa aim to drive up standards on the continent, but can they overcome divisions in language, national politics and bureaucratic red tape?

Academics call on university to denounce Mthuli Ncube after violent repression of protests

Economic difficulties behind protests likely to have a significant impact on universities, say academics

Institutions in developing world told to take lead on tackling major global challenges

Higher education institutions who are developing AI have a responsibility to ensure that it is not biased against developing nations, conference hears

One of two men accused of killing Gregory Kamwendo is a former colleague at the University of Zululand

Toronto scholars say Ethiopia collaboration has helped reverse brain drain and led to important milestones for country