What if one diplomatic move quietly rewired three regions at once? Israel’s decision to recognise Somaliland isn’t just about ...

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...

Namibia’s narrow northeastern corridor, known as the Caprivi Strip, is one of the most unusual borders on the continent. This ...

At first glance, Greenland appears almost as large as the entire continent of Africa on many world maps. In reality, Greenland is about 14 times smaller than Africa.

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

Analysis - "Turn right after the first big tree; my house is the one with the yellow door." In parts of South Africa, where settlements have grown without formal urban planning due to rapid ...

At the crossroads of the Americas, Venezuela’s geography and vast mineral reserves amplify its strategic importance ...

The contemporary political landscape has witnessed the emergence of Somaliland as a robust de facto state a "ghost in the machine" of the Westphalian system.

The world’s maritime system now revolves around two interconnected clusters of chokepoints. In the west lies the energy and ...

When Zambians and Malawians meet, they call each other achimwene or baneba—brothers split by a colonial divide. This is not ...

On the surface, it’s just an old map—but every border tells a deeper story. This 1935 view of Africa offers a striking look into colonial power and how it shaped the continent ...

New maps show the massive impact of fencing on the long-distance movements of one of Africa’s most iconic migratory wildlife ...