World maps are showing country sizes to be geographically inaccurate depending on their placement near the Poles.

An African “country” is one of the world's “most dangerous” and doesn't even appear on the map. Somaliland, a self-declared ...

COLUMN: Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes ...

The continent is 30.37 million km² and covers 20 percent of the planet's land area and six percent of its total surface area.

Africa is increasingly becoming a popular destination for visitors from all around the world.It stands out as the continent ...

A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online ...

While the new clade 1 strain of mpox has appeared in parts of Africa, other types have been recorded around the world this year, including in the UK ...

Moo Deng is a pygmy hippo, a species native to the forests of west Africa. Unlike their bigger and significantly scarier ...

In East Africa, Kenya has stood out for its relative peace and prosperity. For over three decades, it has enjoyed multi-party ...

Botswana's voters delivered a shock defeat to the party that has ruled them for nearly six decades, registering their anger ...

In a few days we’ll find out whether the United States will have its first female president. If so, this will be something ...