Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

Southern Africa is home to many sprawling deserts and seemingly endless expanses of land – perhaps at first glance, not a typical travel itinerary, but one that should not be overlooked, for here lies ...

Which continent is called the Dark Continent? Learn why Africa got this name, the history behind it in detail. Also learn ...

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...

Researchers in China have assessed the impact of using up to 50% of the Sahara desert for the deployment of large scale solar power plants and have found these may impact the global cloud cover ...