When I was in elementary school, looking at countries around the world in an atlas, I wondered why some of the borders in Africa were straight lines. Later, I learned that those straight borders were ...

The vision of a "borderless Africa" is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist movement. There are contradictions, however, between those ...

Discover new species and habitats in Africa Earth's Wild Home, premiering Oct. 2 on National Geographic and streaming on ...

Consider Monaco, where 1.5 litres of drinking water can reportedly cost as much as $6. Meanwhile, Burkina Faso, one of the ...

How sharp are your geography skills? Give them a whirl by matching all of the 54 national capital cities in Africa to the countries they’re from. Then, read on to learn a bit more about the history ...

Africa has an image problem. Or, put another way, the West has a perception problem. Because when we talk about Africa, more often than not, it's to talk about catastrophes and epidemics, and to ...

For too long, Africa’s agency has been exercised defensively: managing expectations, preserving stability, reacting to external scripts. The continent has copied political systems from other countries ...