The House of Shorafa Alawi claims to be descended from the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and is the world's second-oldest ruling dynasty.

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote doubled his fortune thanks to the opening of Africa’s largest oil refinery. But so far, ...

His wealth came mainly from Mali’s gold and salt mines, which were among the largest in the world at that time.

More recent estimates put his worth closer to $2.1billion (£1.7bn), which would still make him significantly richer than ...

“This is the richest guy anyone has ever seen.” Musa became ruler of the Mali Empire in West Africa in 1312 ... world caught a glimpse of the king’s breath-taking wealth.

Covering roughly 500,000 square miles of land, it was the biggest empire West Africa has ever known. 2. Mansa Musa is still the richest man ... Known as the Voyager King, he personally led ...

Today just three monarchies remain in Africa - one in Morocco and two in the tiny southern nations of Lesotho and Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland. The richest of these is Morocco's King ...