But, in reality, three Canadas would comfortably fit inside Africa ... to mark towns, cities, roads etc in their part of the world, Kraak says. “If you would take a map projection with equal ...

Yet, across sub-Saharan Africa, property rolls are outdated, the systems that map and record land ownership (cadastral systems) are incomplete, and tax compliance is low. In some cities ...

In five years Lagos in Nigeria is set to overtake the Egyptian capital Cairo as Africa's biggest city. UN-Habitat's Joan Clos said Africa needed to invest urgently in housing. He told the BBC that ...

Johannesburg may be the richest African city, but it has fallen into chaos as South Africa grapples with an ongoing governance crisis riddled with corruption and political instability. Basic ...

These decisions resulted in the separation of cultural communities within each nation and the creation of political boundaries ... issues developing cities in Africa must face if they are to ...

In Johannesburg, a new mayor has been elected following the resignation of Herman Mashaba from both the city and the Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s main political opposition. The mayoral ...

Even as Africa’s cities are crowded with inhabitants — but not dense with capital — they are physically fragmented and dispersed. They develop as collections of small, scattered neighborhoods. Without ...