Long before the harm shows up in crowded hospitals, it begins with smoke curling from open fires in Nigerian kitchens.

Jean-Michel CORNU/AFP/AFP The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger.

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. A growing campaign ...

An unlikely rescue of Nairobi’s embattled governor Johnson Sakaja underscores Kenya’s shifting political map, where old ...

In June, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, speaking from the International Space Station, made a striking observation. Looking down from space, he said India looked "much larger" than it does on ...

With the surge of interest in nuclear energy, driven by the twin imperatives of energy security & climate change mitigation ...

Despite having a modest total dog population of 850,000, the data crowned Lithuania as the country with the highest number of dog lovers. About 30 percent of the country owns a dog, with some 30,000 ...

If the world recognizes Sudan’s military government, it will exacerbate a humanitarian crisis — and betray the country’s ...

University of Cape Town (UCT) scientist Professor Kelly Chibale has returned from a series of high-profile international events where he carried a powerful message: Africa is not just a beneficiary of ...

New report reveals how Beijing influences Uganda and other countries in thinking and action COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | ...

First there was Letsile Tebogo, who put Botswana on the sporting map when he won gold in the 200m at the Paris Olympics. Now, there is Gaborone United Ladies, who became the country’s first football ...

The decision by four nations from the West, which has traditionally allied with Israel, aligned them with more than 140 other ...