This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The world’s next country?” ...

Mosquitoes are more than just pests. They are the world’s most dangerous animal. Their presence signals the start of the ...

A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online ...

A new global risk map for 2025 identifies countries that have the potential to pose high-risk and extreme risk for travelers.

Piri Reis’s map of Northern Africa features several key areas ... Piri Reis’s attention to detail in these regions demonstrates an understanding of the local geography. Some regions are ...

Despite the instability reigning in the region, the music plays on at Sahel Sounds. We believe that Africa is poorly represented, and badly under-estimated. Beyond the vast opportunity manifest in ...

The Danish and South African governments are partnering on a project to map the wind resources of the coal region of ...

She gives us each a simple form to fill out while she outlines the rules, saying visitors must always be accompanied and ...

In our last missive, we journeyed along the Forgotten Highway and got a real sense of its importance in South Africa's history. Now, let’s gear up for the next part of our journey! We’re heading ...

By deploying trained professionals from within Africa, we ensure responses are both rapid and highly relevant to local ...

The map highlights the Nigerian city of Kano, in the Sahel region of Africa. It also locates Abuja, the capital, in the middle of the country, as well as the southwestern city of Lagos.

On the sixth floor of a rented office building, Google software engineers are working on AI-powered tools to, among other things, predict famines and map ... regions like Africa in particular.” ...