A plan by Togo to ask the United Nations General Assembly in September to move away from the Mercator world map has revived a broader debate over how different projections can shape perceptions of ...

There is something profoundly symbolic about ports. Ports are not merely gateways for ships and cargo; they are mirrors of ...

El Niño is a natural climate pattern, but it does not land on a blank slate. It arrives in a world already divided by wealth, governance and geography. These divisions and the inequity they create are ...

Somaliland sits precisely where it counts: at the southern gate of the Bab el-Mandeb, with a stable coastline, functioning ...

Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the ...

U.S. State Department heightens travel advisory for picturesque destination known for its very low crime rate.

The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...

Diversification measures the relative size of the manufacturing and services sectors and the range of exports using four ...

South Africa stands at a crossroads as global shipping traffic around the Cape of Good Hope surges, yet the nation risks ...

Scientists say they have evidence of a new continental rift forming in southern Africa that could eventually develop into a ...

Africa’s Turkana Rift Zone, a hotbed of hominin fossils, is caught in the act of “necking," a critical transition toward ...

Figuring out how climate change will cause plant disease and pests to spread across Africa’s Great Lakes farms is critical ...