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 ...

Created in China in 1389, and clearly showing the shape of Africa, more than 100 years before Western explorers and map-makers reached the continent. "It's a political decision that places the ...

loot and political influence. On January 26th the most sophisticated of these militias, a group known as M23, brought war to the city itself. Its apparent seizure of Goma, the culmination of more ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, revolts varying in scale continue in various countries across the Middle East and North Africa. Political opposition ... Click a country on the map to learn more about the stability ...

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 ...