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Since losing its FMD-free status in 2019, South African farmers have faced significant financial and operational challenges ...

Volcanic eruptions spewing red-hot magma & shifting tectonic plates mean our future maps of Africa will have a lot more blue on them.

That African countries trade too little with each other is a well-worn gripe among the continent’s policymakers. Officially, ...

Somaliland appeared on every embassy website as a place not to visit. Official rankings labeled it one of the most dangerous regions in the world. On the ground, money was exchanged openly on the ...

The land flattens on the approach to Birao, a cut-off town ringed by savannah in the far north of the Central African ...

An incredibly detailed explanation of why this international nightmare came to be.

With the Paris Agreement temperature limit now widely anticipated to be breached within the next decade, the climate debate has fundamentally shifted. The question is no longer if the world will ...

Several new flight routes are set to launch from South Africa in 2026, including direct flights to Spain, São Paulo, and ...

Greenland’s position in the northern latitudes means the nation’s size and shape is prone to enormous variations in how it is ...

The world's largest island has its own system of fjords, lakes and black-sand beaches. What to know about the size of the ...

Diplomacy prides itself on nuance, yet there are moments when nuance collapses under the weight of geography. Israel's recognition of Somaliland was not a symbolic flourish; it was a geopolitical ...