Rather than following natural terrains or historical boundaries, many of its borders are strikingly straight in some areas and jagged in others, cutting through mountains, rivers and even communities.

The continent's oldest independent country is Ethiopia, which apart from a five-year occupation by Mussolini's Italy, has ...

Egypt emerged as the leading African country in hotel investments, with 109 projects under development. These hotels will add ...

Radical reform of the global finance system is urgently needed, and Ireland must play a role, says ActionAid Ireland CEO, ...

Yet if Africa’s challenges are enormous, plenty in Africa also gives me hope. Over the decades, I’ve visited 53 of its 54 countries, and today I see enormous gains in education and the ...

Continental integration in Africa may remain far-fetched as only five countries provide 100 per cent visa-free intra-travel access. While 28 per cent of intra-Africa travel is visa-free for Africans, ...

The agreement signed, at the World Governments Summit, by TEF Founder, Tony O. Elumelu, and the Director General of the ...

This journey begins in Africa, a continent made up of 54 countries mostly occupied by the indigenous people of dark-skinned hue. Negative propaganda and other advertising techniques have manipulated ...

Touria El Glaoui is proud of what the fair has accomplished in terms of elevating contemporary African artists but says there’s still work to be done. © Casey ...

In the following visual explainer, Al Jazeera maps the names and meanings of countries around the world. The African continent, with nearly 3,000 languages spoken across 54 countries, is one of ...