UNICEF is mainstreaming climate-smart programming to protect and empower young people, mitigate negative impacts and ...

One of the most heart-warming stories in Nigeria last week was that seven governors, only three of them from Nigeria, met in Maiduguri to push forward with concerted efforts to salvage the Lake Chad ...

Home to one of the most diverse and vibrant people in the world, this landlocked country covers nearly 500,000 square miles ...

Map: The Economist ... the partition of Africa’s third-largest country is becoming entrenched. There are now “at least four de facto areas of administration” in Sudan, says Jonas Horner ...

When a scientist received a video of a spotted hyena in the southern part of his country, he thought someone was playing a ...

The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

"My first reaction was disbelief until I checked the photos and videos of the remains," said ecologist Adbullah Nagy.

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

Record seven-time winner Egypt was placed with three southern African teams in the draw for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations ...

Six out of the eight Champions League teams competing in the quarter-finals are from North Africa: defending champions Al Ahly and their Egyptian rivals Pyramids, MC Alger (Algeria), Al Hilal (Sudan), ...

Some travelers love visiting countries that are statistically dangerous. Venturing across the pond is alluring and thrilling, ...

The third edition of the East Africa Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Challenge will kick off at Juba’s Nyakuron Cultural Centre on ...