The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

The following is a sample chapter from my novel The United States of Africa . ldquo;I propose to show how in practice African ...

In the early 2000s, Nigeria's football scene witnessed a golden era thanks to the historic rise of Enyimba International Football Club.

Can the vast and sparsely populated African country translate its renewable power potential into national development?

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

In the early 2000s, Nigeria’s football scene witnessed a golden era thanks to the historic rise of Enyimba International ...

New research has found that Swahili societies in Zanzibar landscaped baobab trees into their settlements 1,000 years ago, and continue caring for the trees today.

Armed groups from across Nigeria and from neighbouring countries in the Sahel are believed to be behind many attacks. Raids ...

Can you picture what we'll be/ So limitless and free/ Desperately in need of some stranger's hand” - The Doors In the 1990s ...

Outside editors know the best places to go, from a trail running paradise in France to a high-alpine lake in Utah. See where ...

Insecurity and abandonment are only part of the problem facing the GGW. Beneath the surface lies another troubling layer.

When censorship is recast as patriotism, when truth-seeking becomes a liability, we lose more than academic freedom. We lose ...