Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan. Yet the gold trade is booming, enriching generals and propelling the fight.

Extensive flooding in more than two dozen African countries due to higher-than-average rainfall has resulted in thousands of fatalities, millions of people displaced, and devastated infrastructure.

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In the early days of Sudan’s 2019 revolution, Shajane Suliman brought sandwiches, coffee and mint tea to demonstrations in ...

The Mercator Projection, Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’, the Fra Mauro Map, and even Google Maps have all shaped how we experience ...

What is the municipal tree of Saigon? In popular culture, Hanoi is perhaps intricately linked with the paralyzing but often ...

History nerd? Got maps on your wall? The Map Myths website allows you to explore the mythical places on ancient maps.

President Isaias Afwerki spoke with local journalists about the election of Donald Trump in the United States; conflict in ...

Hi, I've been looking at the Easyjet 7 night Nile cruises from Luxor. There are 3 'varieties' of boat, cheapest is the Iberotel Crown Empress/Emperor then Jaz Crown Prince/Jubilee and then ...

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At 6,650km long, the Nile is the longest river on the planet. And though it empties into the heavily settled Mediterranean world, it rises deep in equatorial Africa, a region that has long ...