Unfortunately, that is of limited use when it comes to the big crisis on west Africa’s doorstep: jihadism in the Sahel.

Togo is spearheading a diplomatic movement to overhaul how the world views the African continent. The West African nation plans to ask United Nations member states to adopt a world map that more ...

The African Union has called for replacing the venerable Mercator map projection with another one that would show Africa’s ...

Reuters reports that Togo’s Foreign Minister, Robert Dussey, disclosed that the West African nation, backed by the African Union, will formally push for a resolution at the United Nations General ...

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water ...

Rift forming beneath Zambia could tear Africa apart - Researchers say Kafue Rift could become new tectonic plate boundary and ...

The operators of the Kola suggest that the floating storage unit (FSU) has been relocated from Kola Bay to West Africa, ...

People are being treated or monitored for the virus in countries ranging from the Netherlands to Singapore.

Authorities say the militants raided a football pitch where people had been gathering and opened fire at random.

Maame Ayorkor has sold fish from the same weathered wooden table near Jamestown harbour for 22 years. Each morning, she rises before dawn, waits for the canoes to return, and sorts through whatever ...

Explore Nigeria's 371 ethnic groups, from Hausa-Fulani to Yoruba and Igbo, and understand why Nigerian is a nationality.

In Nigeria, controlling infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, Lassa fever, cholera, and diphtheria has long been hampered ...