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 ...

A team led by University of Oklahoma anthropologist Jessica Cerezo-Román and Yale University anthropologist Jessica Thompson ...

On the eve of the 2025 AFCON, football’s governing body in Africa create new four-year cycle and form a Nations League. General view outside Morocco's national stadium in Rabat which will stage the ...

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is into the knockout stages, as Morocco plays host of Afcon for the second time. Ivory Coast ...

United States President Donald Trump has announced he will block South Africa from attending next year’s G20 summit, as relations between the two nations continue to sour. The Group of 20 comprises 19 ...

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The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday agreed on an outline for the regional economic integration framework, according to the U.S. State Department, as the two countries take steps ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they've been studied, you'd think we've ...