A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released Africa's first high-resolution rice distribution map, featuring a resolution ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When South Africa’s apartheid ended, I was in my mid-twenties. Only a fool would have denied then that the ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

COLUMN: Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed representations of parts of Northern Africa.

A slow-moving geological change in East Africa could reshape the continent and the world. Tectonic forces are gradually pulling the African continent apart, potentially creating a new ocean.

Africa’s logistics and transportation sector stands on the brink of major transformation. From deepening geopolitical complexity to a renewed push for private-sector involvement, 2025 is rapidly ...

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...

An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 distinct languages across the continent, which have roots in ...

Powered by clean energy, the Kayoola bus is an eco-friendly innovation turning heads across Africa. Pushing the boundaries of innovation, this is not just transport—it’s the future of ...

Her films put a uniquely surreal Africa on the map. Rungano Nyoni won’t be limited by expectations Writer-director Rungano Nyoni on the set of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.” ...

Portraying China’s presence in Africa with flags on maps can distort African states’ sovereignty and their power to make decisions based on national interests.