While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

This African country isn’t on any map, but it’s full of surprises! For 50 hours, I explored its culture, people, and mysteries that defy convention. Discover what makes this place so unique and ...

The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on ...

Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa region ... Eritrea is the only African nation without independent media outlets. The lack of press freedom is so severe that in 2021 Reporters Without ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of ...

The vice president, who said women are not just participants in the economy of the country ... "We cannot build the Nigeria or Africa we envision without fully integrating women into our economic ...

What if you learned that some African countries offer just as much thrill ... so you can dream of creating memories without breaking your bank. You've definitely heard people talk about Zanzibar.

Without it, countries and people cannot thrive," said Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group. "Our mission to provide electricity to half of the 600 million people in Africa without access ...

The continent has the highest number of people without ... of African heads of state in Tanzania's commercial capital. Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia and Tanzania were among a dozen countries that ...

Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend.

But in Africa, its efforts to exert influence have been plagued by missteps over the past decade. In Democratic Republic of Congo this week, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized Goma, the country's ...