Africa is the world’s second largest continent and contains over 50 countries. Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the east, the South ...

The Smithsonian Pocket Guide (PDF) is a map-sized visitor guide that folds down to fit in your pocket. It is available at Washington, D.C., area information/welcome desks in English and Spanish. It is ...

Development issues in Africa still, to a large extent, emphasise charitable aspects and aid. Although this is done with the best will in the world it has nevertheless fed into this representation ...

The partnership between Russia’s space agency and the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger deepens these countries’ ...

But their perspective on the matter might change if they use the fascinating size-comparison map tool by ... when placed over Africa. And India, which looms large on the Asian subcontinent ...

Despite substantial investment in river and groundwater resources for large-scale irrigation and urban water supply in Africa, these efforts frequently neglect vulnerable rural communities on ...

as hundreds of new dots are scattered across the maps of Asia and Africa. History will look back on the early 21st century as the era of the new city builder, as humans have never before built so ...

Days after the West African country’s ruling military was ambushed by Islamist rebels, it has sought to hide the true extent ...

China’s military carried out a rare flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in the Pacific Ocean on ...

The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday. EVENTS: West Africa’s central bank, the ...

As they sat down, they were faced with a large map of Europe with black tape running ... repatriated to South Africa at the end of the war and discharged in 1946. His campaign and service medals ...