Africa’s history wasn’t shaped only by leaders, wars, or politics—geography played a brutal role. This video breaks down the ...

The first images from the Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder satellite have been shared at the European Space Conference in Brussels, showing how the mission will provide data on temperature and ...

A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.

The G20’s new critical minerals framework wants to move Africa beyond raw exports so that mineral wealth creates jobs and ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is on a decadeslong project to walk from East Africa to South America. In his 13 ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is on a decadeslong project to walk from East Africa to South America. In his 13 years on the road so far, he’s been stopped by law enforcement 120 times.

An analysis led by the University of Leicester shows that the African continent lost around 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass each year between 2010 and 2017. New research suggests that Africa’s ...

Africa’s 2026 digital boom is inevitable, but success belongs to those utilizing 'lite' cost strategies to maximize efficiency over flashiness. Rising costs in old hubs drive growth to efficient ...

Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has announced an ambitious Vision 2030 strategy aimed at fast-tracking Africa’s ...

For more than two decades, analysts, strategists, and dissident thinkers have argued that the post–Cold War international ...

Competition for influence on the African continent is an undeniable geopolitical reality. The Donald Trump administration’s ...