From winding borders to straight lines and landlocked nations, Al Jazeera explores the stories behind Africa’s map.

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

Analysis - Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region - notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - have put ...

The four initiatives are the Global Development Initiative, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and ...

The director of the Senegalese Space Study Agency has just led the launch of the first Senegalese nanosatellite into space ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

Celebrated Malian director Souleymane Cissé, who was the first sub-Saharan African director to win a major award at Cannes ...

The AU was supposed to be Africa’s collective problem-solving mechanism. Instead, it has become a stage for well-crafted ...

The epic of Sunjata Keita has become heritage of the entire African continent ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Anesvad Foundation (Bilbao, Spain) have signed a 2-year agreement valued at €1.4 million to support ...

Covering one packed agenda, four interventions and six hectic days, EIA campaigners share the highlights of the 78th meeting ...