Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed representations of parts of Northern Africa. His work is significant not only ...

Floods killed about 1,500 people and displaced more than one million in West and Central Africa this year, according to UN aid agency OCHA. The rains also overwhelmed dams in Nigeria and Sudan.

One of Africa's Big Five countries is shown on world maps to be half the size it actually is, while a small European country appears to be double its real area. World maps show country sizes to be ...

Next time you’re looking at a map of Africa, see if you can locate any of these rivers we covered today. Exploring them, even if just virtually, provides a glimpse into the natural diversity and ...