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

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

Donald Trump has revealed his ambitious plan to launch the "Son of Concorde", a next-generation supersonic jet that aims to ...

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 ...

She also has a soft spot for Mansa Musa, reckoned to have been the richest individual to have ever lived and ... READ MORE ‘Queen Elizabeth II, African kings and democracy,’ Franco-Ivorian writer ...

Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

Bottom row, from left: John Thomas Biggers, Jennifer King (center top), Elizabeth Barker Johnson (bottom ... philosopher and author whose poetic tale of a 1957 trip to West Africa, “Ananse: The Web of ...

Malmoos claimed the 2021 race and joined an elite list of winners who have won the South African Triple Crown including: Horse Chestnut (1999), Louis The King (2014) and Abashiri (2016). The Grade 1 ...

There are three main routes to consider: the Red City Route takes you around the city centre and Camps Bay; the Blue Mini ...