"You can’t accurately project the surface of a sphere onto a rectangle," said one commenter.

A 1935 map of Africa offers a rare look at the continent during the height of colonial rule, before modern countries of the ...

Deloneura immaculata was a butterfly species found only in a small region of South Africa, making it highly vulnerable to environmental changes. Like many specialized species, it depended on very ...

Morocco’s avocado surge is reshaping Africa’s export map, with North Africa overtaking East Africa in a trade long dominated ...

Foreign investors and African capitalists are increasingly investing in Africa's infrastructure, minerals and businesses, ...

A new book called Urban Health in Africa explores how rapid urbanisation across the continent shapes public health and wellbeing. Drawing on diverse research and case studies, the book reframes ...

In an economy where profit margins and infrastructure budgets are currently being squeezed to a sliver, the cost of "near ...

The announcement of a new transboundary birding route has catapulted southern Africa to the forefront of international ...

Tanzania has once again earned a place on Africa’s entrepreneurial map after securing 12 spots in the first batch of winners ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Historic Maps of Africa collection includes 78 maps and dates from circa 1631 to 1973. Geographic content of individual maps varies from ...