Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) is dominating international headlines as the UN Human Rights Council prepares to discuss the situation at the end of the week. Dreadful details ...

Whether through singing, dancing, artifacts or maps, the Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures in Park Heights wants ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

Leveraging national surveys, big-data advances and machine learning, Cornell researchers have piloted a new approach to ...

Editorial - The Summit on Saturday bringing together SADC and the East African Community (EAC) was immensely practical in ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Anesvad Foundation (Bilbao, Spain) have signed a 2-year agreement valued at €1.4 million to support ...

Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

Critics say a Trump administration order calls into question the United States’ global standing and reliability.

The purpose of USAID — its “mission” — is to “On behalf of the American people, … promote and demonstrate democratic values ...

African leaders asked defense chiefs for a road map to end the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.