For centuries, the world has been misled about Africa’s true size. The Mercator map—one of the most widely used world ...

A massive eruption of magma around 135 million years ago may have been the driving force behind the tectonic rift that split ...

One impact of climate change is increased tropical storms. The southeast of Africa experiences tropical cyclones - for ...

Seven videos exploring the human and physical geography of the continent of Africa.

His parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s, towards the end of a period of exceptional economic growth that economists dubbed the “Ivorian miracle”. They came to work, drawn by the country ...

Chinese tea chain Chagee has once again landed in hot water with Malaysia’s censorious consumers after its mobile app displayed a map with Beijing’s disputed nine-dash line claim over the ...

Tensions with the United States could propel South Africa to depart from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) agreement, a development that could also have regional ramifications and add ...

In 1986, Sue Dobson, a young white woman from Pretoria, was recruited by the African National Congress (ANC) to be a spy within the South African apartheid regime. As part of her mission, she was ...

Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south ...

A political storm is brewing in India, with the first waves already hitting the southern part of the country. Leaders there are calling for mass mobilisation to protect the region's political ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Trump administration’s decision to expel the South African ambassador is its latest move against a country it has singled out for sanctions and accused of being ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump is escorted by Col. Paul Pawluk, Vice Commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, right, as ...